ABSTRACT
Political ecology is concerned with social and political inequities in access to natural resources and the biophysical world. It is an interdisciplinary field that traces the struggle for resources and healthy environments to inequalities in power, and the ability of the powerful to control institutions and narratives. Exposing political and economic agendas that have real effects on resources, environments, and people requires working across scales. It is often combined with a commitment to advocacy or activism in association with local scholars, affected communities and their organisations.
