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Cfp& panelists: After the map was made and the drone was flown: Implications of geospatial data for environmental governance
Organizer(s): Teresa Bornschlegl (trAndeS), Bruno Portillo Seminario (UARM)
Sponsors: Applied Geography Specialty Group, Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group; AAG 2019, Washington DC
Geospatial technologies, such as drones, remote sensing, GPS, and GIS have found increasingly widespread use by social organizations, local communities, and environmental agencies in the context of natural resource extraction– visuals are said to have a greater impact than 1000 words (Chapin et al 2005; Wainwright & Bryan 2009; Salamanca & Rosario 2012; Cuba et al 2014; Slack 2014). Communities use geospatial technologies to map their territories in defense against extractive concessions and licensing processes and/or to evidence negative environmental impacts of natural resource extraction (Corbett et al 2006, Sletto et al 2013; Emel et al 2014; Radjawali & Pye 2017, Specht 2018). Likewise, environmental agencies increasingly make use of geospatial technologies to monitor and control industries that extract natural resources (Hodge 1997; INECE 2015; Glicksman et al 2016).
However, less is known about what happens subsequently with these geospatial data:
• How, and why (or: why not) do decision-makers, and legal entities take these maps and data visualizations into account?
• Why (or why not) does the use of geospatial data advance the realization of environmental justice in the context of natural resource extraction?
• How to increase the political impact of geospatial data produced by communities and/or environmental agencies regarding the environmental governance of natural resource extraction?
We invite papers and/or panelists of cases in which geospatial data were used to influence decision-making on natural resource extraction to answer these questions. This session is an attempt to contribute to systematizing experiences from which to derive lessons for future strategies of environmental justice advocacy. Possible topics can include but are not limited to uses of geospatial data in, e.g., legal cases, campaigns, environmental oversight, and policy-making.
If you are interested in participating, please send an abstract (if paper: max 250 words; if panelist: max. 100 words) to: tbornschlegl@posteo.net and brunorps@gmail.com until the 12th of October 2018.
Keywords: geospatial technologies, natural resource extraction, environmental governance, environmental justice
References:
Chapin, Mac, Zachary Lamb, and Bill Threlkeld. 2005. “Mapping Indigenous Lands.” Annual Review of Anthropology 34: 619–38.
Corbett, Jon, Giacomo Rambaldi, Peter Kyem, Dan Weiner, Rachel Olson, and Fotografia Johan Minnie. 2006. Participatory Learning and Action. Aprendizaje Y Acción Participativos Mapeo Para El Cambio: Práctica, Tecnologías y Comunicación. CTA iied.
Cuba, Nicholas, Anthony Bebbington, John Rogan, and Marco Millones. 2014. “Extractive Industries, Livelihoods and Natural Resource Competition: Mapping Overlapping Claims in Peru and Ghana.” Applied Geography 54. Elsevier Ltd: 250–61.
Emel, Jody, Joshua Plisinski, and John Rogan. 2014. “Monitoring Geomorphic and Hydrologic Change at Mine Sites Using Satellite Imagery: The Geita Gold Mine in Tanzania.” Applied Geography 54. Elsevier Ltd: 243–49.
Glicksman, Robert L, David L Markell, and Claire Monteleoni. 2016. “Technologial Innovation, Data
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Hodge, Sharon Hatch. 1997. “Satellite Data and Environmental Law: Technology Ripe for Litigation Application.” Pace Environmental Law Review 14(2).
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Radjawali, Irendra, and Oliver Pye. 2017. “Drones for Justice: Inclusive Technology and River-Related Action Research along the Kapuas.” Geographica Helvetica 72(1): 17–27.
Salamanca, Carlos; Espina Rosario (ed.). 2012. Mapas y Derechos: Experiencias y Aprendizajes En América Latina. UNR: Editorial de la Universidad Nacional de Rosario.
Slack, Keith. 2014. “Mapping the Bigger Picture: Using Mapping to Promote Better Development Outcomes from Extractive Industries.” Applied Geography 54. Elsevier Ltd: 237–42.
Sletto, Bjørn, Joe Bryan, Marla Torrado, Charles Hale, and Deborah Barry. 2013. “Territorialidad, Mapeo Participativo y Política Sobre Los Recursos Naturales: La Experiencia de América Latina.” Cuadernos de Geografia: Revista Colombiana de Geografia 22 (2013): 193–209.
Specht, Doug. 2018. Geographic Protest: The Role of Counter-Mapping in Supporting Campaigns Against Large-Scale Extractive Projects in Colombia: The Case of La Colosa. Livingmaps Review. 5.
Wainwright, Joel, Bryan, Joe. 2009. “Cartography, Territory, Property: Postcolonial Reflections on Indigenous Counter-Mapping in Nicaragua and Belize.” Cultural Geographies (16): 153–78.
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