land rights

Rising violence against environmental activists threatens us all

Perspective / Throughout the Global South, environmental activists face a growing threat of violence: an alarming trend that suggests that their efforts are too important.

SEI Currents 2022

Feature / The world is in transition. What trends are emerging in 2022?

Out of the Shadows

Project / The project's aim is to explore how to ensure inclusion of Sámi reindeer herding communities in the review of environmental licenses for hydropower.

Neglect paves the way for dispossession: The politics of “last frontiers” in Brazil and Myanmar

Journal article / The authors argue that neglect and its role in facilitating dispossession in "frontier dynamics" warrant further study.

Women environmental defenders tell their stories

Past event / A new young adult novel based on interviews with indigenous women environmental human rights defenders in the Philippines shines a light on their struggles.

No green future without securing indigenous peoples’ rights

Feature / The government's inability to secure Sámi rights threatens the climate transition in Sweden.

“The reindeer never finds peace”: The impacts of Boliden’s mine and the road in the Stihke area on Voernese reindeer herding district

SEI working paper / This report explores the impact of the Boliden mine on the Voernese Reindeer Herding District. The report is in Swedish, with an English summary.

“Return the land to the reindeer”: The impacts of Boliden’s mine and the road on Stihken on Vilhelmina Södra reindeer herding district

SEI working paper / This report explores the impact of the Boliden mine on the Vilhelmina Södra Reindeer Herding district. The report is in Swedish, with an English summary.

The spatial politics of energy conflicts: How competing constructions of scale shape pipeline and shale gas struggles in Canada

Journal article / This article uses three Canadian case studies to examine how actors use spatial politics to their advantage in energy conflicts.