Conflict, Biodiversity and Climate Justice in Latin America and Africa

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1. Introduction and areas of research.

Dr Dunia Urrego, University of Exeter

Dr Felisa Anaya, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros

Dr Mario Marcos, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros

Professor Toby Pennington, University of Exeter

2. How did you first become involved with the Conflict, Biodiversity and Climate Justice network?

Dr Dunia Urrego, University of Exeter

Dr Felisa Anaya, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros

Dr Mario Marcos, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros

Professor Toby Pennington, University of Exeter

3. Do you think enough study is directed toward how violent conflict compounds and is compounded by environmental degradation in the Global South?

If not, why do you think the relationship between these phenomena isn’t investigated more?

What factors do you believe exacerbate this adverse relationship, for example, the network registers that ‘access to natural resources’ is one key driver of tension?

Dr Dunia Urrego, University of Exeter

Dr Felisa Anaya, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros

Dr Felisa Anaya, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros

Dr Mario Marcos, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros

Professor Toby Pennington, University of Exeter

4. Do you think creating academic networks such as this one, is beneficial in terms of mitigating the effects of these processes?

If so, how is this intellectual exchange beneficial?

Dr Dunia Urrego, University of Exeter

Dr Felisa Anaya, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros

Dr Mario Marcos, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros

Professor Toby Pennington, University of Exeter

5. Why do you think international collaboration is important when it comes to understanding how society and the environment interact in the Global South?

Dr Dunia Urrego, University of Exeter

Dr Felisa Anaya, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros

Dr Mario Marcos, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros

Professor Toby Pennington, University of Exeter

6. What does a holistic approach to social and environmental research mean in your terms, and what benefits do you believe thinking holistically can achieve?

Dr Dunia Urrego, University of Exeter

Dr Mario Marcos, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros

Professor Toby Pennington, University of Exeter

7. How did you first become involved with the Conflict, Biodiversity and Climate Justice network, led by Dr Ernesto Schwartz-Marin?

Dr Dunia Urrego, University of Exeter

Dr Felisa Anaya, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros

Dr Mario Marcos, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros

Professor Toby Pennington, University of Exeter

8. The network is trans-disciplinary by design, aiming to ‘find points of contact, convergence and divergence.’

Why do you think it is so important to approach these topics from a trans-disciplinary angle, utilising various specialities and methodologies?

Dr Felisa Anaya, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros

Professor Toby Pennington, University of Exeter

9. The network seeks to address how often, governments and businesses help perpetuate cycles of environmental degradation and violent conflict in the Global South.

Why do you believe it is important to draw attention to how governments and businesses are complicit in these processes?

Dr Dunia Urrego, University of Exeter

Dr Felisa Anaya, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros

Dr Mario Marcos, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros

Professor Toby Pennington, University of Exeter

10. What do you believe the consequences of ignoring the lived experiences of local people and their expertise are, when it comes to research into social/environmental relationships in the Global South?

Dr Dunia Urrego, University of Exeter

Dr Felisa Anaya, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros

Dr Mario Marcos, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros

Professor Toby Pennington, University of Exeter

11. What do you believe the potential of citizen-led methods of mitigation are?

Dr Dunia Urrego, University of Exeter

Dr Felisa Anaya, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros

Dr Mario Marcos, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros

Professor Toby Pennington, University of Exeter

12. Why do you believe it is important to focus on how communities have pragmatically adapted to their circumstances, in a solution-focussed model, in addition to identifying the problems they face?

Dr Dunia Urrego, University of Exeter

Dr Felisa Anaya, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros

Dr Mario Marcos, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros

Professor Toby Pennington, University of Exeter

13. Does being involved with networks like this increase your optimism in terms of the possibility of mitigating the effects of violent conflict and environmental degradation in the Global South?

Dr Dunia Urrego, University of Exeter

Dr Felisa Anaya, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros

Dr Mario Marcos, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros

Professor Toby Pennington, University of Exeter

Conflict, Biodiversity and Climate Justice
in Latin America and Africa