[:en]Framing “necessity” and whale-hunting in the Faroe Islands[:]
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[:en]Framing “necessity” and whale-hunting in the Faroe Islands[:]

[:en][by Benedict Singleton on entitleblog.org] Traditional whale-hunting practices are contested by animal welfare groups but may provide an alternative to the Islands’ dependency on globalised food supply chains.   Over the summer of 2014, the hottest topic on the Faroe Islands (an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark) was the “grindadráp”. Grindadráp is the traditional, community-based, opportunistic driving of...

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[:en]Brewing traditions: performing cultural authenticity around whaling[:]
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[:en]Brewing traditions: performing cultural authenticity around whaling[:]

[:en][by Benedict Singleton on entitleblog.org] The use of an unusual ingredient in an Icelandic beer this year highlights the changing nature of tradition and culture.   Some environmental conflicts involve traditional or cultural practices. In such circumstances, actors on both sides utilise a range of arguments about the authenticity of said practices. This is certainly the case in many conflicts around whaling, where pro-whaling...

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[:en]La crisis del agua en Chile[:]
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[:en]La crisis del agua en Chile[:]

[:en][by Cristián Frêne on entitleblog.org] La crisis hídrica ha puesto nuevamente en el debate los problemas de acceso, propiedad, calidad y disponibilidad de agua en Chile. El sistema privatizado de aguas en Chile junto a la economía enfocada a la exportación, hacen crisis ante momentos de escasez en todo el territorio chileno. Algunos colectivos luchan porque se formulen mecanismos equitativos de acceso y uso, que respondan a las...

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[:en]Another take on gold mining[:]
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[:en]Another take on gold mining[:]

[:en][by Julie de los Reyes on entitleblog.org ] How gold has circulated matters for understanding the impetus for gold extraction.   A recent presentation in London on the gold market’s outlook served as a reminder on the importance of paying attention not only to the production of things, but also how they are circulated. For industry analysts, the linkages are quite clear: that any prognosis on the gold market, and any...

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[:en]Corporate COP21 – it’s official[:]
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[:en]Corporate COP21 – it’s official[:]

[:en][from corporateeurope.org]The first corporate sponsors of this winter’s ‘historic’ UN climate talks (COP21) have been unofficially unveiled: luxury brand Luis Vuitton (LVMH) and Suez Environment, a key member of the French pro-fracking lobby. According to an article by ATTAC’s Maxime Combes(link is external), others were initially announced in the press (BMW, Vattenfall and New Holland Agriculture) but...

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[:en]Gudynas: Thinking like Araucarias: development and conservation in other timescales[:]
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[:en]Gudynas: Thinking like Araucarias: development and conservation in other timescales[:]

[:en][by Eduardo Gudynas on entitleblog.org] The dramatic loss of forests in Southern Chile and Argentina challenges classical environmental policies. Their recovery requires environmental planning in the time scale of centuries and even beyond one thousand years. But the time scales considered under present-day development hardly deal with a few years of recovery. Consequently, an effective conservation requires placing objectives in...

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