CO 2lonialism and the "Unintended Consequences" of Commoditizing Climate Change: Geographies of Hope Amid a Sea of Oil Palms in the Northwest Ecuadorian Pacific Region

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 120-153

  Hazlewood, Julianne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Afro descendents; biofuel; climate change mitigation; Ecuador; Esmeraldas; geographies of hope; indigenous peoples (Chachi and Aw ); oil palm; rights of Nature; sumak kawsay (vivir bien living well)

Indexed keywords

AFRO-DESCENDENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; ECUADOR; ESMERALDAS; GEOGRAPHIES OF HOPE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; OIL PALM; RIGHTS OF NATURE; SUMAK KAWSAY (VIVIR BIEN LIVING WELL);

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOLOGY; EMISSION CONTROL; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

BIOFUELS;

BIOFUEL; CAPITALISM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIALISM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOSSIL FUEL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; KYOTO PROTOCOL; RAINFOREST;

ECUADOR;

ELAEIS; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS;

EID: 84856946938     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10549811.2011.566539     Document Type: Article

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