11.4 Environmental & Social Justice Movements (DP IB Environmental Systems & Societies (ESS): HL): Flashcards

Environmental justice is the pursuit of fairness and equity in society by addressing the unequal impacts of environmental degradation on marginalised communities and ensuring equal protection for all.

Environmental justice movements and social justice movements are increasingly aligning to pursue common goals of fairness and equity in society.

The Standing Rock protests were a peaceful resistance movement against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.

The main concerns were environmental degradation, threats to sacred tribal lands, and the rights of the tribe to govern their own land.

Indigenous sovereignty is the right of Indigenous peoples to govern their own lands, maintain their cultural traditions, and make decisions about resources and development affecting their communities.

False.

The Standing Rock protests highlighted both environmental justice and Indigenous rights.

Environmental and social justice movements seek to address issues of inequality, exploitation, and discrimination both within human society and towards the environment.

Both nature and marginalised groups have been treated as inferior and subjected to exploitation for human gain.

Traditional ecological knowledge is the understanding of ecosystems and natural resource management developed by Indigenous peoples through long-term interaction with their environment.