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MY BRILLIANT PIECE OF A TEXT Environmental globalization​ refers to the internationally coordinated practices and regulations (often in the form of ​international treaties​) regarding​environmental protection​.[1]​ ​ [2]​ An example of environmental globalization would be the series of International Tropical Timber Agreement treaties (​1983​, ​1994​, ​2006​), establishing ​International Tropical Timber Organization​ and promoting ​sustainable management​ of ​tropical forests​. Environmental globalization is usually supported by ​non­governmental organizations​ and governments of ​developed countries​, but opposed by governments of ​developing countries​ which see pro­environmental initiatives as hindering their economic development. Contents

1Definitions and characteristics 2History 3Supporters and opponents 4See also 5References 6Further reading

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Definitions and characteristics​[​edit​] Karl S. Zimmerer​ defined it as "the increased role of globally organized management institutions, knowledge systems and monitoring, and coordinated strategies aimed at resource, energy, and conservation issues."​[1]​ ​Alan Grainger​ in turn wrote that it can be understood as "an increasing spatial uniformity and contentedness in regular environmental management practices".​[2]​ ​Steven Yearley​ has referred to this concept as "globalization of environmental concern".​[3]​ Grainger also cited a study by Clark (2000), which he noted was an early treatment of the concept, and distinguished three aspects of environmental globalization: "global flows of energy, materials and organisms; formulation and global acceptance of ideas about global environment; and environmental governance​" (a growing web of institutions concerned with global environment).​[4] Environmental globalization is related to ​economic globalization​, as economic development on a global scale has environmental impacts on such scale, which is of concern to numerous


[2]​[5]​

organizations and individuals.​

While economic globalization has environmental impacts, [4]​

those impacts should not be confused with the concept of environmental globalization.​ In some regards, environmental globalization is in direct opposition to economic globalization, particularly when the latter is described as encouraging trade, and the former, as promoting pro­environment [6]​

initiatives that are an impediment to trade.​ For that reason, an environmental activists might might be opposed to economic globalization, but advocate environmental globalization.​[7]

History​[​edit​] Grainger has discussed that environmental globalization in the context of international agreements on pro­environmental initiatives. According to him, precursors to modern environmental globalization can be found in the ​colonial era​ ​scientific forestry​ (research into how to create and restore forests).​[8]​ Modern initiatives contributing to environmental globalization include the 1972 ​United Nations Conference on the Human Environment​,[9]​ ​ came from the ​World Bank​ 1980s requirements that development projects need to protect indigenous peoples and conserve biodiversity.​[10]​ Other examples of such initiative include treaties such like the series of International Tropical Timber Agreement treaties (​1983​, ​1994​, ​2006​).​[9]​[11]​ Therefore, unlike other main forms of globalization ​economic​, ​political​ and ​cultural​ which were already strong in the 19th century, environmental globalization is a more recent phenomena, one that begun in earnest only in the later half of the 20th century.​[12]​ Similarly, Steven Yearley states that it was around that time that the ​environmental movement​ started to organize on the international scale focus on the global dimension of the issues (the first ​Earth Day​ was celebrated on 1970).​[6]

Supporters and opponents​[​edit​] According to Grainger, environmental globalization (in the form of pro­environmental international [11]​[13]​

initiatives) is usually supported by various ​non­governmental organizations​

and

governments of ​developed countries​, and opposed by governments of ​developing countries (​Group of 77​), which see pro­environmental initiatives as hindering their economic [10]​[14]​[15]​

development.​

Governmental resistance to environmental globalization takes form or

policy ambiguity (exemplified by countries which sign international pro­environmental treaties and [10]​[13]​

pass domestic pro­environmental laws, but then proceed to not enforce them​

) and


collective resistance in forums such as​United Nations​ to projects that would introduce stronger regulations or new institutions policing environmental issues worldwide (such as opposition to the forest­protection agreement during the ​Earth Summit​ in 1992, which was eventually downgraded from a binding to a non­binding set of ​Forest Principles​).​[14]​[15] World Trade Organization​ has also been criticized as focused on economic globalization (liberalizing trade) over concerns of environmental protection, which are seen as impeding the trade.​[11]​[14]​[16]​ ​[17]​ Steven Yearley states that WTO should not be described as "anti­environmental", but its decisions have major impact on environment worldwide, and they are based primary on economic concerns, with environmental concerns being given secondary [18]

weight .​

See also​[​edit​] ●

Environmental racism in Europe

Natural environment

United Nations Climate Change conference

International environmental organizations (category)

References​[​edit​] ● ●

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^ ​Jump up to:a​ b​ Karl S. Zimmerer (2006). ​Globalization & New Geographies of Conservation. University of Chicago Press. p. 1. ​ISBN​ ​978­0­226­98344­8​.

^ ​Jump up to:a​ b​ c​ Alan Grainger (31 October 2013). "Environmental Globalization and

Tropical Forests". In Jan Oosthoek; Barry K. Gills. ​The Globalization of Environmental Crisis. Routledge. p. 54. ​ISBN​ ​978­1­317­96896­2​. Jump up^​ Steve Yearly (15 April 2008). "Globalization and the Environment". In George Ritzer. ​The Blackwell Companion to Globalization. John Wiley & Sons. p. 246. ​ISBN 978­0­470­76642­2​. ^ ​Jump up to:a​ b​ Grainger, Alan (1 January 2012). ​Environmental Globalization. John

Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ​doi​:​10.1002/9780470670590.wbeog170/full​. ​ISBN​ ​9780470670590​. Jump up^​ John Benyon; David Dunkerley (1 May 2014). ​Globalization: The Reader. Routledge. p. 54. ​ISBN​ ​978­1­136­78240­4​. ^ ​Jump up to:a​ b​ Steve Yearly (15 April 2008). "Globalization and the Environment". In

George Ritzer.​The Blackwell Companion to Globalization. John Wiley & Sons. p. 240. ISBN​ ​978­0­470­76642­2​. Jump up^​ Betty Dobratz; Lisa K Waldner; Timothy Buzzell (14 October 2015). ​Power, Politics, and Society: An Introduction to Political Sociology. Routledge. p. 346. ​ISBN 978­1­317­34529­9​. Jump up^​ Alan Grainger (31 October 2013). "Environmental Globalization and Tropical Forests". In Jan Oosthoek; Barry K. Gills. ​The Globalization of Environmental Crisis. Routledge. p. 57. ​ISBN​ ​978­1­317­96896­2​.


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^ ​Jump up to:a​ b​ Alan Grainger (31 October 2013). "Environmental Globalization and

Tropical Forests". In Jan Oosthoek; Barry K. Gills. ​The Globalization of Environmental Crisis. Routledge. p. 58. ​ISBN​ ​978­1­317­96896­2​.

^ ​Jump up to:a​ b​ c​ Alan Grainger (31 October 2013). "Environmental Globalization and Tropical Forests". In Jan Oosthoek; Barry K. Gills. ​The Globalization of Environmental Crisis. Routledge. p. 59. ​ISBN​ ​978­1­317­96896­2​.

^ ​Jump up to:a​ b​ c​ Alan Grainger (31 October 2013). "Environmental Globalization and Tropical Forests". In Jan Oosthoek; Barry K. Gills. ​The Globalization of Environmental Crisis. Routledge. p. 61. ​ISBN​ ​978­1­317­96896­2​. Jump up^​ Peter N. Stearns (20 October 2009). ​Globalization in World History. Routledge. p. 159.​ISBN​ ​978­1­135­25993­8​. ^ ​Jump up to:a​ b​ Alan Grainger (31 October 2013). "Environmental Globalization and

Tropical Forests". In Jan Oosthoek; Barry K. Gills. ​The Globalization of Environmental Crisis. Routledge. p. 60. ​ISBN​ ​978­1­317­96896­2​.

^ ​Jump up to:a​ b​ c​ Alan Grainger (31 October 2013). "Environmental Globalization and Tropical Forests". In Jan Oosthoek; Barry K. Gills. ​The Globalization of Environmental Crisis. Routledge. p. 62. ​ISBN​ ​978­1­317­96896­2​. ^ ​Jump up to:a​ b​ Alan Grainger (31 October 2013). "Environmental Globalization and

Tropical Forests". In Jan Oosthoek; Barry K. Gills. ​The Globalization of Environmental Crisis. Routledge. p. 63. ​ISBN​ ​978­1­317­96896­2​. Jump up^​ Steve Yearly (15 April 2008). "Globalization and the Environment". In George Ritzer. ​The Blackwell Companion to Globalization. John Wiley & Sons. p. 247. ​ISBN 978­0­470­76642­2​. Jump up^​ Steve Yearly (15 April 2008). "Globalization and the Environment". In George Ritzer. ​The Blackwell Companion to Globalization. John Wiley & Sons. p. 248. ​ISBN 978­0­470­76642­2​. Jump up^​ Steve Yearly (15 April 2008). "Globalization and the Environment". In George Ritzer. ​The Blackwell Companion to Globalization. John Wiley & Sons. p. 250. ​ISBN 978­0­470­76642­2​.

Further reading​[​edit​] ●

William C. Clark (1 November 2000). "Environmental Globalization". In Joseph S. Nye; John D. Donahue. ​Governance in a Globalizing World. Visions of Governance for the 21st Century. pp. 86–108. ​ISBN​ ​978­0­8157­9819­4​. [​hide​]

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Samir Amin Arjun Appadurai K. Anthony Appiah Daniele Archibugi Giovanni Arrighi Ravi Batra Jean Baudrillard Zygmunt Bauman Ulrich Beck Walden Bello Jagdish Bhagwati Robert Brenner Manuel Castells Noam Chomsky Alfred Crosby Christopher Chase­Dunn Andre G. Frank Thomas Friedman Anthony Giddens Peter Gowan Michael Hardt David Harvey David Held Paul Hirst Michael Hudson Paul James Ibn Khaldun Naomi Klein Antonio Negri Jeffrey Sachs Saskia Sassen John R. Saul Vandana Shiva Joseph Stiglitz John Urry Immanuel Wallerstein

Environmental globalization​ refers to the internationally coordinated practices and regulations (often in the form of ​international treaties​) regarding​environmental protection​.[1]​ ​ [2]​ An example of environmental globalization would be the series of International Tropical Timber Agreement treaties (​1983​, ​1994​, ​2006​), establishing ​International Tropical Timber Organization​ and promoting ​sustainable management​ of ​tropical forests​. Environmental globalization is usually supported by ​non­governmental organizations​ and governments of ​developed countries​, but


opposed by governments of ​developing countries​ which see pro­environmental initiatives as hindering their economic development. Contents

1Definitions and characteristics 2History 3Supporters and opponents 4See also 5References 6Further reading

​ [​hide​]

Definitions and characteristics​[​edit​] Karl S. Zimmerer​ defined it as "the increased role of globally organized management institutions, knowledge systems and monitoring, and coordinated strategies aimed at resource, energy, and conservation issues."​[1]​ ​Alan Grainger​ in turn wrote that it can be understood as "an increasing spatial uniformity and contentedness in regular environmental management practices".​[2]​ ​Steven Yearley​ has referred to this concept as "globalization of environmental concern".​[3]​ Grainger also cited a study by Clark (2000), which he noted was an early treatment of the concept, and distinguished three aspects of environmental globalization: "global flows of energy, materials and organisms; formulation and global acceptance of ideas about global environment; and environmental governance​" (a growing web of institutions concerned with global environment).​[4] Environmental globalization is related to ​economic globalization​, as economic development on a global scale has environmental impacts on such scale, which is of concern to numerous [2]​[5]​

organizations and individuals.​

While economic globalization has environmental impacts,

those impacts should not be confused with the concept of environmental globalization.​[4]​ In some regards, environmental globalization is in direct opposition to economic globalization, particularly when the latter is described as encouraging trade, and the former, as promoting pro­environment initiatives that are an impediment to trade.​[6]​ For that reason, an environmental activists might might be opposed to economic globalization, but advocate environmental globalization.​[7]

History​[​edit​] Grainger has discussed that environmental globalization in the context of international agreements on pro­environmental initiatives. According to him, precursors to modern


environmental globalization can be found in the ​colonial era​ ​scientific forestry​ (research into how to create and restore forests).​[8]​ Modern initiatives contributing to environmental globalization [9]​

include the 1972 ​United Nations Conference on the Human Environment​,​ came from the ​World Bank​ 1980s requirements that development projects need to protect indigenous peoples and conserve biodiversity.​[10]​ Other examples of such initiative include treaties such like the series of International Tropical Timber Agreement treaties (​1983​, ​1994​, ​2006​).​[9]​[11]​ Therefore, unlike other main forms of globalization ​economic​, ​political​ and ​cultural​ which were already strong in the 19th century, environmental globalization is a more recent phenomena, one that begun in earnest only in the later half of the 20th century.​[12]​ Similarly, Steven Yearley states that it was around that time that the ​environmental movement​ started to organize on the international scale focus on the global dimension of the issues (the first ​Earth Day​ was celebrated on 1970).​[6]

Supporters and opponents​[​edit​] According to Grainger, environmental globalization (in the form of pro­environmental international initiatives) is usually supported by various ​non­governmental organizations​[11]​[13]​ and governments of ​developed countries​, and opposed by governments of ​developing countries (​Group of 77​), which see pro­environmental initiatives as hindering their economic development.​[10]​[14]​[15]​ Governmental resistance to environmental globalization takes form or policy ambiguity (exemplified by countries which sign international pro­environmental treaties and pass domestic pro­environmental laws, but then proceed to not enforce them​[10]​[13]​) and collective resistance in forums such as​United Nations​ to projects that would introduce stronger regulations or new institutions policing environmental issues worldwide (such as opposition to the forest­protection agreement during the ​Earth Summit​ in 1992, which was eventually downgraded from a binding to a non­binding set of ​Forest Principles​).​[14]​[15] World Trade Organization​ has also been criticized as focused on economic globalization (liberalizing trade) over concerns of environmental protection, which are seen as impeding the trade.​[11]​[14]​[16]​ ​[17]​ Steven Yearley states that WTO should not be described as "anti­environmental", but its decisions have major impact on environ


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