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Summer School "Ecology and Society: Frontiers and Boundaries" / 3 - 7 June 2019

Ecosystems societies Climate change Forests Hydrosystems Atmosphere Biodiversity Agrosystems Pressures Impacts Modelling Pollution Ecotoxicology Biogeochimical cycles Ecology Adaptability
Boat trip
Boat trip
Cellars
Cellars
Group - Crédits photo LabEx COTE
Group - Crédits photo LabEx COTE
Classroom - Crédits photo LabEx COTE
Classroom - Crédits photo LabEx COTE
Visiting Bordeaux
Visiting Bordeaux
Fieldtrip Ciron - Crédits photo LabEx COTE
Fieldtrip Ciron - Crédits photo LabEx COTE
Fieldtrip Vineyard - Crédits photo LabEx COTE
Fieldtrip Vineyard - Crédits photo LabEx COTE
Vallée du Ciron - Crédits photo LabEx COTE
Vallée du Ciron - Crédits photo LabEx COTE
Dune du Pyla
Dune du Pyla
Commodifying ecosystemic services
Commodifying ecosystemic services
Field Trip
Field Trip
Field Trip
Field Trip
Forest trip
Forest trip
Field trip - Salles
Field trip - Salles
Cellars
Cellars
Evening
Evening
Field Trip
Field Trip
Visiting Bordeaux
Visiting Bordeaux
Vineyards
Vineyards
Tasting
Tasting

Signs of a new politics of nature: reflections on the Anthropocene

Last update Monday 19 June 2017

by Jelle Behagel

As human action is increasingly having an effect on global processes, including climate change, global pollution, and land use change, the processes that drive societies and the processes that drive nature are becoming increasingly intertwined. Examples of river rights, plastic soups, and regional droughts can illustrate how ecological and political processes are directly influencing each other and shaping territories. These examples also illustrate a new politics of nature that is emerging slowly but surely across the globe. This type of politics is less concerned with identity and values and more with establishing new connections between society and nature in the public domain. As a result, nature governance is increasingly also health, water, energy, and food governance, inviting us to rethink what it means to govern nature.