Awareness that the term “political ecology,” as used herein, acknowledges approaches to the environment that, although potentially diver-gent, nevertheless insist on environmental matters of concern as inextricable from social, political, and economic forces. Since environmental stresses can be both a driver and consequence of injustice and inequality-including poverty, racism, and neocolonial violence— political ecology recognizes that the ways we regard nature carry deep implications and often unacknowledged ramifications for how we organize society, assign responsibility for environmental change, and assess social impact.
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