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When patriarchy and agro-extractivism impede women's political participation and collective agency: An analysis of Ecuadorian women's time poverty and its implications for ecological care Extractivism is a global phenomenon driven by the logic of capitalism that is manifested chiefly in mining, but also in agribusiness. Women around the world have emerged as leaders of resistance movem...

Torres, K. & Caretta, M.(2026) When patriarchy and agro-extractivism impede women's political participation and collective agency: An analysis of Ecuadorian women's time poverty and its implications for ecological care.J Pol Ecology 33(1): 7584. doi.org/10.2458/jpe....
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10.03.2026 11:22 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Putting metrics last: A decolonial feminist approach to evaluating energy justice Quantitative tools for evaluating energy justice allow users to make quickly comparisons across options. Most of these tools overrepresent distributional justice at the expense of other dimensions tha...

Mayapple Energy Transition Collective, (2026) “Putting metrics last: A decolonial feminist approach to evaluating energy justice”, Journal of Political Ecology 33(1): 7789 doi.org/10.2458/jpe....

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05.03.2026 14:01 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ungovernable ferns and the horizons of conservation in late industrial ecologies How might overabundant ferns vitalize and pressure political ecologies of landscapes and wildlife conservation? This ethnographic article interrogates the relational worlds of humans, animals, and the...

Nayak, P., (2026) “Ungovernable ferns and the horizons of conservation in late industrial ecologies”, Journal of Political Ecology 33(1): 6752. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe....

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05.03.2026 13:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Planetary Political Ecology A growing body of literature has recently adopted and advanced a newfound planetary perspective to explore its implications for understanding and influencing environmental and developmental politics a...

Fletcher, R., (2026) “Planetary Political Ecology”, Journal of Political Ecology 33(1): 10137. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe....

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21.02.2026 12:45 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Gelasenheit in Goiás: A Mennonite political ecology In 1968 a group of nine U.S.-born Holdeman Mennonites purchased Cerrado land and later became some of the first farmers to produce high yields of corn and soybeans in Southwestern Goiás, Brazil. This ...

Ofstehage, A. L., (2026) “Gelasenheit in Goiás: A Mennonite political ecology”, Journal of Political Ecology 33(1): 6032. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe....

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The production of unequal energyscapes: Contested colonial spaces for tar sands development in Canada This article develops the concept of energyscapes to examine the production, governance, and transformation of socio-material spaces for tar sands extraction, distribution, and consumption in Canada. ...

Castillo Jara, E. & Bruns, A., (2026) “The production of unequal energyscapes: Contested colonial spaces for tar sands development in Canada”, Journal of Political Ecology 33(1): 6451. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe....

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21.02.2026 12:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Multispecies conservation geographies: Relocating the role of the Andean bear in socio-technical water systems of the Ecuadorian <i>páramo<i/> Multispecies ethnography explores human and non-human relationships, emphasising interconnectedness, cultural, socio-technical and political meanings, and the impact of multispecies interactions on so...

Villagómez-Reséndiz, R. & Dangles, O., (2026) “Multispecies conservation geographies: Relocating the role of the Andean bear in socio-technical water systems of the Ecuadorian páramo”, Journal of Political Ecology 33(1): 6437. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe....

14.02.2026 22:52 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Energy colonialism: Wind farms in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico The deployment of 29 wind farms in the indigenous territories of Ikoots and Zapotecs in the Isthmus of Tetuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico is analyzed based on six dimensions: geopolitical; economic and finan...

Contreras, J. S., Deniau, Y., Velázquez Quesada, S. I., Pérez Macías, L. F. & Manzo Matus, A. G., (2026) “Energy colonialism: Wind farms in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico”, Journal of Political Ecology 33(1): 6430. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe....

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13.02.2026 23:43 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Los Frailejones y el Poder: Participación de las plantas en conflictos por la delimitación de páramos en Colombia El objetivo de esta investigación es comprender la manera en que las plantas productoras de agua participan en los conflictos socioambientales. De manera particular, se centra en estudiar el papel que...

Arias-Henao, J. D. & Jaramillo, J. P., (2026) “Los Frailejones y el Poder: Participación de las plantas en conflictos por la delimitación de páramos en Colombia”, Journal of Political Ecology 33(1): 6418. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe.... @pollenetwork.bsky.social

13.02.2026 23:42 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Loved (lions/red squirrels) and unloved others (spotted hyenas/grey squirrels): Spectacles and more-than-human gazes as part of a political ecology of responsibility Conservation generally benefits from spectacles of protecting 'loved others', i.e., those inspiring a human desire for their continued existence, rather than 'unloved others', i.e., those disregarded,...

Krauss, J. E.,Mabele, M. B.& Kiwango,W. A. 2026 Loved (lions/red squirrels) and unloved others (spotted hyenas/grey squirrels):Spectacles and more-than-human gazes as part of a political ecology of responsibility J of Political Ecology 33(1): 6442. doi.org/10.2458/jpe....

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13.02.2026 23:23 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Planetary Political Ecology A growing body of literature has recently adopted and advanced a newfound planetary perspective to explore its implications for understanding and influencing environmental and developmental politics a...

Fletcher, R., (2026) “Planetary Political Ecology”, Journal of Political Ecology 33(1): 10137. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe....

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Necropolicy in the Capitalocene: Australia's political ecology of death This is the Capitalocene, an age characterised by death derived from capitalism's endless accumulation, growth, and resource exploitation. In the Capitalocene, policies dedicated to climate change mit...

Depressing, but realistic [we live this stuff every day in Australian climate change research] Lundberg, K., (2026) “Necropolicy in the Capitalocene: Australia's political ecology of death”, Journal of Political Ecology 33(1): 7520. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe.... @pollenetwork.bsky.social

29.01.2026 07:45 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

It sounds depressing, like our latest article

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The problem is finding reviewers and those reviewers following though. Cannot blame editors.

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Information and participation in the energy transition: A case study of the frontiers of green hydrogen in Uruguay Debates about energy transition mostly focus on national policies and socioeconomic and environmental benefits; however, these processes occur in particular communities where energy transition project...

Achugar, M., Santos, C., Balado, I., Franco, R., & huge number of authors, (2026) “Information and participation in the energy transition: A case study of the frontiers of green hydrogen in Uruguay”, Journal of Political Ecology 33(1): 6393. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe.... @pollenetwork.bsky.social

27.01.2026 23:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Endangered cobras and conservation politics: Exploring multispecies encounters in agrarian landscapes of West Bengal This article challenges dominant conservation discourses that frame nature as pristine and separate from humans, critiquing the wilderness paradigm informing Third World environmental planning. While ...

Saha, S., (2026) “Endangered cobras and conservation politics: Exploring multispecies encounters in agrarian landscapes of West Bengal”, Journal of Political Ecology 33(1): 6439. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe....

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Review of Wolfram H. Dressler. 2025. For the sake of forests and gods: Governing life and livelihood in the Philippine uplands .

Rosales, C. A., (2026) “Review of Wolfram H. Dressler. 2025. For the sake of forests and gods: Governing life and livelihood in the Philippine uplands”, Journal of Political Ecology 33(1).

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14.01.2026 10:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Weaving the Sacred Back In: Revitalizing biocultural diversity through Indigenous-led conservation sovereignty in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea Conservation practices in the twenty-first century are facing a critical reckoning as global biodiversity loss, climate disruption and social inequalities expose the limitations of exclusionary, top-d...

West, P. & Aini, J., (2026) “Weaving the Sacred Back In: Revitalizing biocultural diversity through Indigenous-led conservation sovereignty in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea”, Journal of Political Ecology 33(1): 10303. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe....

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03.01.2026 12:37 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

How plants participate in politically contested ecologies? Species, vegetation cover and crops in the conservation of the páramos in Colombia This article examines the role of plants shaping the political ecology (PE) of the conservation of the Andean páramos in the Sumapaz Region in Colombia. Due to their rich biodiversity and role in the ...

Castillo Estupiñan, C., 2025 How plants participate in politically contested ecologies? Species, vegetation cover and crops in the conservation of the páramos in Colombia”, Journal of Political Ecology 33(1): 6424. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe.... New special issue emerging

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01.01.2026 05:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Review of Kyle Boggs. 2025. Recreational colonialism and the rhetorical landscapes of the outdoors

Whitson, J., (2025) “Review of Kyle Boggs. 2025. Recreational colonialism and the rhetorical landscapes of the outdoors”, J of Political Ecology 32(1).

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Review of Joseph Whitson. 2025. Marketing the wilderness: Outdoor recreation, Indigenous activism, and the battle over public lands .

Boggs, K., (2025) “Review of Joseph Whitson. 2025. Marketing the wilderness: Outdoor recreation, Indigenous activism, and the battle over public lands”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1).

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17.12.2025 08:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

(Non-)Knowledge, slow violence and latent conflicts over mine tailings in the Chilean Atacama region The "slow violence" arising from mining tailings in Chile spreads cumulatively, slowly and invisibly over time and space. Even those affected are not necessarily aware of it. Toxic substances, which t...

Landherr, A., (2025) “(Non-)Knowledge, slow violence and latent conflicts over mine tailings in the Chilean Atacama region”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1): 7106. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe.... @pollenetwork.bsky.social

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Environmentalities, subjectivities, and adaptation capacities in Costa Rican smallholder farms This article explores how different forms of adaptation governance in Costa Rica shape subjectivities and adaptation capacities in smallholder farms. The country presently has a neoliberal-welfare sta...

Castillo, C., (2025) “Environmentalities, subjectivities, and adaptation capacities in Costa Rican smallholder farms”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1): 7082. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe.... @pollenetwork.bsky.social

08.12.2025 01:01 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

The milpa's Maya Ixil caretakers, multispecies biocultural diversity conservation, and designs for more-than-human abundance This article draws upon multispecies ethnographic fieldwork with the Maya Ixil in Iximulew (Guatemala) to identify a model of biodiversity conservation that decolonizes food systems in situ through bi...

D'Alesandro, G., (2025) “The milpa's Maya Ixil caretakers, multispecies biocultural diversity conservation, and designs for more-than-human abundance”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1): 5836. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe.... @pollenetwork.bsky.social

01.12.2025 22:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

From peasant women to social change: The politicization of identities and materialities toward socio-ecological transformations Peasant movements are key to thinking and acting creatively in food and socio-ecological transformation processes. Drawing bridges between feminist political ecology and critical ecofeminisms, this ar...

Calcagni, M., (2025) “From peasant women to social change: The politicization of identities and materialities toward socio-ecological transformations”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1): 5930. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe.... @pollenetwork.bsky.social

01.12.2025 22:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

City of sanctuary: Exploring multispecies democracy in a post-growth food future This article grapples with two pressing problems endemic to capitalist agriculture: the exploitation of nonhuman animals and the enclosure of the agricultural commons. How might a post-growth food tra...

teelman, T., (2025) “City of sanctuary: Exploring multispecies democracy in a post-growth food future”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1): 5850. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe.... @pollenetwork.bsky.social

01.12.2025 22:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

“Meat-me”: From flesh machines to individualities. A case for an anti-speciesist degrowth Degrowth, a leading paradigm addressing our socio-ecological crisis, criticizes the highly destructive animal factory-farming industry. However, it does not challenge the commodification of sentient b...

Navarro, E., (2025) ““Meat-me”: From flesh machines to individualities. A case for an anti-speciesist degrowth”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1): 5834. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe.... @pollenetwork.bsky.social

01.12.2025 22:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Proximity despite distance? A community-supported agriculture initiative across rural mountain and urban areas in Switzerland Various grassroots initiatives that have emerged in recent decades reduce our dependence on large-scale industrial agriculture. They decouple food value from volatile markets through close producer-co...

Steinegger, S. & Faltmann, N. K., (2025) “Proximity despite distance? A community-supported agriculture initiative across rural mountain and urban areas in Switzerland”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1): 5944. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe.... @pollenetwork.bsky.social

01.12.2025 22:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

From the ground up: Exploring the potential contribution of citizens' assemblies in radical food-system transformation To contribute to food-system democratization and its transformation towards socio-ecological sustainability, various civil-society actors jointly organized a national citizens' assembly in Switzerland...

Lehner, I., Amos, S., Mathys, P. & Jacobi, J., (2025) “From the ground up: Exploring the potential contribution of citizens' assemblies in radical food-system transformation”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1): 5842. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe.... @pollenetwork.bsky.social

01.12.2025 22:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Domesticating neoliberal foodscapes: An everyday approach to understanding food system transitions in Oaxaca, Mexico The persistence of neoliberal food systems has often been explained with reference to political economy dynamics or the market and political activities of agri-food companies. This article approaches ...

Ismail, A., (2025) “Domesticating neoliberal foodscapes: An everyday approach to understanding food system transitions in Oaxaca, Mexico”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1): 5843. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe.... @pollenetwork.bsky.social

01.12.2025 22:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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