Pastoralists and peasants: perspectives on agrarian change

I Scoones - The Journal of Peasant Studies, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
For many years, studies of peasants and pastoralists have run in parallel, creating mutual
blind-spots. This article argues that, despite contrasting research traditions and conceptual …

Navigating capitalist expansion and climate change in pastoral social-ecological systems: impacts, vulnerability and decision-making

JC Postigo - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Climate change and capitalism may render pastoral social-ecological systems
extinct.•Pastoral institutions mediate decision-making and are crucial to adaptive …

The political ecology of COVID-19 and compounded uncertainties in marginal environments

L Mehta, D Parthasarathy, J Pickard… - Frontiers in Human …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In this paper, we use a political ecology lens to look at how COVID-19 adds to a set of
existing uncertainties and challenges faced by vulnerable people in the marginal …

The social life of mangroves: Neoliberal development and mangrove conservation in the changing landscape of Kutch

S Srivastava, L Mehta - … and Planning E: Nature and Space, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This article explores the convergence of neoliberal development and mangrove
conservation in marginal environments, which are becoming the new resource frontiers. We …

Climate justice for whom? Understanding the vernaculars of climate action and justice in marginal environments of India

S Srivastava, S Bose, D Parthasarathy, L Mehta - 2025 - opendocs.ids.ac.uk
As calls for climate action gain momentum, governments and international organisations are
committing to ambitious climate targets and scaling up their climate action. In this article, we …

'This is all waste': emptying, cleaning and clearing land for renewable energy dispossession in borderland India

D Singh - Contemporary South Asia, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Renewables are imagined in India around features of 'greenness' and 'cleanness' and are
presented as the modern pathway towards sustainable development and unlimited growth …

Debating animal agriculture in contemporary India: Ethics, politics, ecologies

K Srinivasan - Environment and Planning E: Nature and …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper investigates social science literatures and public discourse on animal-based
food systems in India to examine how social, ecological, and animal justice concerns are …

A New Regime of Dispossession in Neo-Liberal India? Wind Energy, Hindutva, and Land Politics in Western Gujarat

D Singh - Journal of Contemporary Asia, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Renewables in India are presented as modern technologies ensuring a pathway towards
sustainable development and unlimited growth. But this story entails problematic land …

Assessment of livestock grazing pressure in key tiger habitat in a semi-arid landscape in Western India

V Rasal, M Dhakad, D Khandal, K Chandrawal - Tropical Ecology, 2022 - Springer
Loss of pasture lands and increased livestock population has resulted in higher livestock
dependency on the forest lands. Kailadevi Wildlife Sanctuary (KWLS) is an important …

[PDF][PDF] Consequences for Maasai Pastoralists of Changing Water Access Regimes in the Greater Amboseli Ecosystem, Kenya

A Bostvironnois, F Mialhe, Y Gunnell… - Water …, 2025 - water-alternatives.org
Among the Maasai group ranches surrounding Amboseli National Park in southern Kenya,
perennial springwater from the foothills of Mt. Kilimanjaro generates an oasis effect in an …