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International Environmental Justice: Building the Natural Assets of the World’s Poor

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  • S. Ravi Rajan
  • Krista Harper

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In recent years, vibrant social movements have emerged across the world to fight for environmental justice –- for more equitable access to natural resources and environmental quality, including clean air and water. In seeking to build community rights to natural assets, these initiatives seek to advance simultaneously the goals of environmental protection and poverty reduction. This paper sketches the contours of struggles for environmental justice within and among countries, and illustrates with examples primarily drawn from countries of the global South and the former Soviet bloc.

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  • S. Ravi Rajan & Krista Harper, 2004. "International Environmental Justice: Building the Natural Assets of the World’s Poor," Working Papers wp87, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
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    1. Kojo Sebastian Amanor, 2003. "Natural and Cultural Assets and Participatory Forest Management in West Africa," Working Papers wp75, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
    2. James Boyce, 2000. "Let Them Eat Risk? Wealth, Rights, and Disaster Vulnerability," Working Papers wp4, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
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    1. Ma, Chunbo, 2010. "Who bears the environmental burden in China--An analysis of the distribution of industrial pollution sources?," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 69(9), pages 1869-1876, July.

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