ABSTRACT
Since the initiation of the environmental justice (EJ) movement in the United States, studies of environmental justice and equity have evolved beyond concerns about toxic contamination in minority communities to include many forms of injustices among diverse population groups and communities around the world. EJ concerns today are increasingly global in scope and multitudinous in nature, ranging from oil, gas and mineral resource exploitation, to deforestation and use of harmful pesticides by agribusinesses, hazardous waste shipments, and threats to communal property rights, land use and traditional lifestyles in indigenous communities (Gophalan, 2003; Banza et al, 2009; Steady, 2009; Westra and Lawson, 2001).
