Journal of Political Ecology

Journal of Political Ecology JPE is a free, peer reviewed scholarly journal (ISSN: 1073-0451), publishing on political ecology topics It was started in 1994.

JPE is a free, peer reviewed journal (ISSN: 1073-0451), publishing on political economic links to environmental outcomes.

Chen, M.H (2026) “Towards a more-than-human waterscape: The affective role of otters on the Kinmen Islands”, Journal of ...
02/24/2026

Chen, M.H (2026) “Towards a more-than-human waterscape: The affective role of otters on the Kinmen Islands”, Journal of Political Ecology 33(1): 6440. doi: https://doi.org/10.2458/jpe.6440

Islands are Taiwanese, only 2km from the PRC

On Taiwan's outlying Kinmen Islands, otters have become vibrant inhabitants of the islands' waterscape. As a critically endangered species found only in Kinmen within Taiwan's territories, otters have emerged as an affective actor in shaping policies and practices related to the islands' water envir...

Villagómez-Reséndiz, R. & Dangles, O., (2026) “Multispecies conservation geographies: Relocating the role of the Andean ...
02/21/2026

Villagómez-Reséndiz, R. & Dangles, O., (2026) “Multispecies conservation geographies: Relocating the role of the Andean bear in socio-technical water systems of the Ecuadorian páramo”, Journal of Political Ecology 33(1): 6437. doi:

Multispecies ethnography explores human and non-human relationships, emphasising interconnectedness, cultural, socio-technical and political meanings, and the impact of multispecies interactions on society. Beyond the protection of emblematic species or ecosystems, which gain conservation status due...

Krauss, J. E., Mabele, M. B. & Kiwango, W. A., (2026) “Loved (lions/red squirrels) and unloved others (spotted hyenas/gr...
02/21/2026

Krauss, J. E., Mabele, M. B. & Kiwango, W. A., (2026) “Loved (lions/red squirrels) and unloved others (spotted hyenas/grey squirrels): Spectacles and more-than-human gazes as part of a political ecology of responsibility”, Journal of Political Ecology 33(1): 6442. doi:

Conservation generally benefits from spectacles of protecting 'loved others', i.e., those inspiring a human desire for their continued existence, rather than 'unloved others', i.e., those disregarded, disliked or targeted for death. We juxtapose conservation dynamics related to unloved others with m...

Arias-Henao, J. D. & Jaramillo, J. P., (2026) “Los Frailejones y el Poder: Participación de las plantas en conflictos po...
02/21/2026

Arias-Henao, J. D. & Jaramillo, J. P., (2026) “Los Frailejones y el Poder: Participación de las plantas en conflictos por la delimitación de páramos en Colombia”, Journal of Political Ecology 33(1): 6418. doi:

El objetivo de esta investigación es comprender la manera en que las plantas productoras de agua participan en los conflictos socioambientales. De manera particular, se centra en estudiar el papel que juegan los "frailejones" en medio de intensas disputas por la delimitación del páramo de Santurb...

Contreras, J. S., Deniau, Y., Velázquez Quesada, S. I., Pérez Macías, L. F. & Manzo Matus, A. G., (2026) “Energy colonia...
02/21/2026

Contreras, J. S., Deniau, Y., Velázquez Quesada, S. I., Pérez Macías, L. F. & Manzo Matus, A. G., (2026) “Energy colonialism: Wind farms in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico”, Journal of Political Ecology 33(1): 6430. doi:

The deployment of 29 wind farms in the indigenous territories of Ikoots and Zapotecs in the Isthmus of Tetuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico is analyzed based on six dimensions: geopolitical; economic and financial inequalities; power, violence, and decision making; land grabbing and dispossession; impacts on...

Castillo Jara, E. & Bruns, A., (2026) “The production of unequal energyscapes: Contested colonial spaces for tar sands d...
02/21/2026

Castillo Jara, E. & Bruns, A., (2026) “The production of unequal energyscapes: Contested colonial spaces for tar sands development in Canada”, Journal of Political Ecology 33(1): 6451. doi:

This article develops the concept of energyscapes to examine the production, governance, and transformation of socio-material spaces for tar sands extraction, distribution, and consumption in Canada. We argue that energyscapes is a helpful concept to understand the key but understudied role of compe...

Ofstehage, A. L., (2026) “Gelasenheit in Goiás: A Mennonite political ecology”, Journal of Political Ecology 33(1): 6032...
02/21/2026

Ofstehage, A. L., (2026) “Gelasenheit in Goiás: A Mennonite political ecology”, Journal of Political Ecology 33(1): 6032. doi:

In 1968 a group of nine U.S.-born Holdeman Mennonites purchased Cerrado land and later became some of the first farmers to produce high yields of corn and soybeans in Southwestern Goiás, Brazil. This article analyzes how Mennonite religion affects the political ecology of their soy production as a ...

Fletcher, R., (2026) “Planetary Political Ecology”, Journal of Political Ecology 33(1): 10137. doi: ...
02/21/2026

Fletcher, R., (2026) “Planetary Political Ecology”, Journal of Political Ecology 33(1): 10137. doi: Abstract
A growing body of literature has recently adopted and advanced a newfound planetary perspective to explore its implications for understanding and influencing environmental and developmental politics and planning. It asserts that the focus on globalization that has dominated discussions of the international world order for the past several decades is increasingly being overtaken by contemporary dynamics that signal the need for a new conceptual frame. Central to this discussion is the assertion that the capitalist system is itself undergoing a shift from a global to a planetary regime, thereby also transforming broader processes and perceptions in ways that demand a new reckoning. Yet despite its importance as an interdisciplinary field examining many of the topics analyzed within this new planetary literature, political ecology has yet to contribute significantly to this discussion. To understand the planetary context within which political ecologists are working, and indeed can and will help shape, this article therefore endeavors to define and outline a planetary political ecology. I focus in particular on how a planetary perspective can help illuminate three interrelated issues of importance to political ecologists: development, conservation and tourism. If the rise of planetary thinking can indeed be understood in part as a response to the recent development of the capitalist system into an unprecedented planetary form, then confronting this shift may require a similarly planetary scale politics transcending current strategies that tend to focus on international, national, or local level action, respectively. In the conclusion, I explore what such a novel planetary environmental politics might look like to outline ways that political ecologists can productively engage with the various issues showcased in the article.

A growing body of literature has recently adopted and advanced a newfound planetary perspective to explore its implications for understanding and influencing environmental and developmental politics and planning. It asserts that the focus on globalization that has dominated discussions of the intern...

Saha, S., (2026) “Endangered cobras and conservation politics: Exploring multispecies encounters in agrarian landscapes ...
01/14/2026

Saha, S., (2026) “Endangered cobras and conservation politics: Exploring multispecies encounters in agrarian landscapes of West Bengal”, Journal of Political Ecology 33(1): 6439. doi:

This article challenges dominant conservation discourses that frame nature as pristine and separate from humans, critiquing the wilderness paradigm informing Third World environmental planning. While scientific discourses promote holistic planetary visions, they overlook how environmental politics i...

Rosales, C. A., (2026) “Review of Wolfram H. Dressler. 2025. For the sake of forests and gods: Governing life and liveli...
01/14/2026

Rosales, C. A., (2026) “Review of Wolfram H. Dressler. 2025. For the sake of forests and gods: Governing life and livelihood in the Philippine uplands”, Journal of Political Ecology 33(1).

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