Landscapes of inequity : environmental justice in the Andes-Amazon region / edited and with an introduction by Nicholas A. Robins and Barbara J. Fraser.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A toxic reckoning : legacy contamination in Huancavelica, Peru / Nicholas A. Robins -- When the rivers run black : oil and inequity in the Western Amazon / Barbara J. Fraser -- Environmental justice and Brazil's Amazonian dams / Philip M. Fearnside -- When plurinational states undermine indigenous territories : TIPNIS in Bolivia / Carwil Bjork-James -- Environmental justice in the REDD+ frontier : experiences from the Amazon and beyond / Juan Pablo Sarmiento Barletti and Anne M. Larson -- Indigenism, isolation, and socioenvironmental conflicts in the Javari River Valley / Barbara Arisi and Felipe Milanez -- We are here : the state of community-based landscapes in Peru / Richard Chase Smith -- In search of justice and power : contentious experiences of free, prior, and informed consent in Latin America / Roger Merino -- Indigenous Amazonian peoples and the struggle for environmental justice in lowland South America / Jonathan D. Hill -- Epilogue: Is environmental justice in the Andes-Amazon region illusive, elusive, or within reach? / Barbara J. Fraser and Nicholas A. Robins.

"Landscapes of Inequity examines a range of environmental justice issues in the Andes and western Amazon basin from the perspectives of indigenous peoples and economic development in a global economy"-- Provided by publisher.

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