International Ethnobiological and Ecological Perspectives on Environmental Justice

Disparate forms of information are needed to effectively address environmental justice and political ecology, deriving from anthropology, geography, philosophy, ecology, and economics. Clearly wealthy nations export environmental problems to poorer nations. The spatial distribution of poverty make sense ecologically, geographic case studies of human impacts inform philosophical discourse, and ethnographic accounts of environmental management highlight the causes of environmental deterioration and the social conditions under which environmental justice can be better achieved. Ethnobiology, as the study of human-environment interactions, represents an umbrella discipline under which all of these diverse forms of data and concepts can be effectively integrated. Fragmented scholarship has plagued the environmental movement, and ethnobiology may offer a context for common communication, solidarity, and synthesis.

Session organizers:
Steve Wolverton, University of North Texas, Environmental Scientist and Archaeologist
Michael Huston, Texas State University, San Marcos, Ecologist

Session Chair: Steve Wolverton

Confirmed presenters:
Michael A. Huston, Texas State University, San Marcos, Ecologist
Robert Figueroa, University of North Texas, Environmental Philosopher
Eugene N. Anderson, University of California, Riverside, Ecological Anthropologist
Cissy Fowler, Wofford College, Ecological Anthropologist
Frances Hayashida, University of New Mexico, Archaeologist
Steve Wolverton, University of North Texas