POLITICAL ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY: socio-environmental conflicts and social metabolism

Authors

  • Antonio Paulino de Sousa
  • Ana Caroline Amorim Oliveira
  • Arkley Marques Bandeira
  • Klauutenys Dellene Guedes Cutrim

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18764/2178-2865v28nEp.2024.21

Keywords:

Political ecology, social metabolism, territory

Abstract

This article aims to reflect on the importance of political ecology and biodiversity understood as the variability of living beings that inhabit the planet. The principle is that there is no politics on one side and nature on the other; all politics is defined in relation to nature by the fact that each property and each function depends on the conflicting will to limit and demarcate a territory with the intention of guiding public life based on an orthodox or heterodox political economy. The predatory relationship imposed by capitalism on nature has led us to a systemic ecological crisis in the various cycles that make up the biosphere. It is the political awareness of the limits of this model of predatory and violent growth, posed as a major challenge to controlling climate change that puts human life at risk, that gave rise to political ecology and movements. 

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Published

2024-10-22

How to Cite

SOUSA, Antonio Paulino de; OLIVEIRA, Ana Caroline Amorim; BANDEIRA, Arkley Marques; CUTRIM, Klauutenys Dellene Guedes.
POLITICAL ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY: socio-environmental conflicts and social metabolism
. Revista de Políticas Públicas, v. 28, n. Especial, p. 353–372, 22 Oct. 2024 Disponível em: https://periodicoseletronicos.ufma.br/index.php/rppublica/article/view/24474. Acesso em: 3 dec. 2024.