CASAS’ member Juliana Forigua-Sandoval has published this chapter with Bibiana Duarte-Abadía and Rutgerd Boelens in the book “Rethinking environmental governance”. Abstract: The middle basin of the Magdalena River (Colombia) is composed of wetlands and swamp complexes that are interconnected by streams and culverts. Fishing associations have witnessed their riparian water connectivity affected by different interventions such…
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Livelihood Transitions To and Away from the Coal Economy in India
Suravee Nayak, CASAS’ member, has published a chapter in the book “Rethinking environmental governance” with Patrik Oskarsson & Nikas Kindo. Abstract: As coal mines expand across Central and Eastern India, rural groups typically protest against displacement and demand better compensation. Meanwhile, and often in the immediate vicinity of the expanding mines, people previously displaced but…
Who is who in CASAS? Grettel Navas
Grettel Navas is a political ecologist whose research focuses on environmental conflicts associated with toxic pollution, particularly pesticide exposure in agrarian contexts. Her work also examines the role of environmental defenders and the diverse forms of violence they face in their struggles. She holds a PhD in Environmental Science and Technology from the Autonomous University of…
“Denaturalizing Inequality in Global Knowledge Politics” by Jun Borras
Our mentor, Jun Borras (former JPS Chief Editor and Professor of Agrarian Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies) has written about the global-local connections in international knowledge politics, considering the initiative of the international Writeshops for early career scholars from the Global South in which CASAS’ is one of the organizers. Read his…
Unpacking the penetration of agrochemicals in China: The commodification of agricultural inputs and the invisible dispossession of smallholders
Yunan Xu, CASAS’ member, has published with Yiyuan Chen an article in World Development. Abstract: China has transitioned from a negligible user of agrochemicals to one of the world’s largest consumers, producers and exporters within just a few decades. The rapid increase in agrochemical use– often amounting to overuse – has raised significant concerns about…





