TY - JOUR
T1 - A State-of-the-Art Review of Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Pollution
AU - Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro
AU - Garteizgogeascoa, María
AU - Basu, Niladri
AU - Brondizio, Eduardo Sonnewend
AU - Cabeza, Mar
AU - Martínez-Alier, Joan
AU - McElwee, Pamela
AU - Reyes-García, Victoria
N1 - Funding Information:
We dedicate this work to all the indigenous peoples around the world, particularly to those who are arduously fighting to combat pollution impacting their territories. This work has been funded by the Academy of Finland (grant agreement 311176) and the Kone Foundation. Author Reyes-Garc?a acknowledges financial support from BBVA Foundation (2017 Leonardo Grant for Researchers and Cultural Creators). Authors Fern?ndez-Llamazares, Brondizio, McElwee, and Reyes-Garc?a acknowledge the continued support from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). This work contributes to the ?Mar?a de Maeztu Unit of Excellence? (MdM-2015-0552). We thank Lucas Bogaert and Arun Gyawali for cartographic assistance and Dr. Ana-Iris Fern?ndez-Llamazares for assistance in the classification of pollutants.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Authors. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/5/1
Y1 - 2020/5/1
N2 - Indigenous peoples (IPs) worldwide are confronted by the increasing threat of pollution. Based on a comprehensive review of the literature (n = 686 studies), we present the current state of knowledge on: 1) the exposure and vulnerability of IPs to pollution; 2) the environmental, health, and cultural impacts of pollution upon IPs; and 3) IPs' contributions to prevent, control, limit, and abate pollution from local to global scales. Indigenous peoples experience large burdens of environmental pollution linked to the expansion of commodity frontiers and industrial development, including agricultural, mining, and extractive industries, as well as urban growth, waste dumping, and infrastructure and energy development. Nevertheless, IPs are contributing to limit pollution in different ways, including through environmental monitoring and global policy advocacy, as well as through local resistance toward polluting activities. This work adds to growing evidence of the breadth and depth of environmental injustices faced by IPs worldwide, and we conclude by highlighting the need to increase IPs' engagement in environmental decision-making regarding pollution control. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2020;16:324–341.
AB - Indigenous peoples (IPs) worldwide are confronted by the increasing threat of pollution. Based on a comprehensive review of the literature (n = 686 studies), we present the current state of knowledge on: 1) the exposure and vulnerability of IPs to pollution; 2) the environmental, health, and cultural impacts of pollution upon IPs; and 3) IPs' contributions to prevent, control, limit, and abate pollution from local to global scales. Indigenous peoples experience large burdens of environmental pollution linked to the expansion of commodity frontiers and industrial development, including agricultural, mining, and extractive industries, as well as urban growth, waste dumping, and infrastructure and energy development. Nevertheless, IPs are contributing to limit pollution in different ways, including through environmental monitoring and global policy advocacy, as well as through local resistance toward polluting activities. This work adds to growing evidence of the breadth and depth of environmental injustices faced by IPs worldwide, and we conclude by highlighting the need to increase IPs' engagement in environmental decision-making regarding pollution control. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2020;16:324–341.
KW - Environmental justice
KW - Health burdens
KW - Indigenous knowledge
KW - Native Americans
KW - Pollution
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U2 - 10.1002/ieam.4239
DO - 10.1002/ieam.4239
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31863549
AN - SCOPUS:85080938627
VL - 16
SP - 324
EP - 341
JO - Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
JF - Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
SN - 1551-3777
IS - 3
ER -