Abstract
The
“Plantationocene”
has
gained
traction
in
the
environmental
humanities
as
a
way
of
conceptualizing
current
era
otherwise
nominated
Anthropocene,
Capitalocene,
or
Chthulucene.
For
Donna
Haraway,
Anna
Tsing,
and
their
interlocutors,
concept
suggests
that
our
ecological
crisis
is
rooted
logics
modernization,
homogeneity,
control,
which
were
developed
on
historical
plantations.
This
paper
argues
that,
while
there
indeed
need
to
analyze
ways
plantation
past
shapes
present,
discussions
Plantationocene
have
several
crucial
limitations.
Here,
we
focus
two:
first,
multispecies
framing
conceptualizes
largely
system
human
control
over
nature,
obscuring
centrality
racial
politics;
second,
emerging
discussion
yet
meaningfully
engage
with
wide
variety
existing
critiques
mode
development.
Thus,
draw
deep
well
Black
geographic
work
provides
powerful
challenge
ongoing
colonial–racial
legacies
plantation,
prompting
consideration
white
supremacy,
capitalist
development,
(mis)characterizations
what
it
means
be
human.
These
approaches
not
only
reveal
more
nuanced
comprehensive
analysis
role
global
crises
but
also
highlight
struggles
possibilities
justice
future.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
Год журнала:
2018,
Номер
115(33), С. 8252 - 8259
Опубликована: Авг. 6, 2018
We
explore
the
risk
that
self-reinforcing
feedbacks
could
push
Earth
System
toward
a
planetary
threshold
that,
if
crossed,
prevent
stabilization
of
climate
at
intermediate
temperature
rises
and
cause
continued
warming
on
"Hothouse
Earth"
pathway
even
as
human
emissions
are
reduced.
Crossing
would
lead
to
much
higher
global
average
than
any
interglacial
in
past
1.2
million
years
sea
levels
significantly
time
Holocene.
examine
evidence
such
might
exist
where
it
be.
If
is
resulting
trajectory
likely
serious
disruptions
ecosystems,
society,
economies.
Collective
action
required
steer
away
from
potential
stabilize
habitable
interglacial-like
state.
Such
entails
stewardship
entire
System-biosphere,
climate,
societies-and
include
decarbonization
economy,
enhancement
biosphere
carbon
sinks,
behavioral
changes,
technological
innovations,
new
governance
arrangements,
transformed
social
values.
Science,
Год журнала:
2020,
Номер
369(6509), С. 1383 - 1387
Опубликована: Сен. 10, 2020
Much
of
our
understanding
Earth's
past
climate
comes
from
the
measurement
oxygen
and
carbon
isotope
variations
in
deep-sea
benthic
foraminifera.
Yet,
long
intervals
existing
records
lack
temporal
resolution
age
control
needed
to
thoroughly
categorize
states
Cenozoic
era
study
their
dynamics.
Here,
we
present
a
new,
highly
resolved,
astronomically
dated,
continuous
composite
foraminifer
developed
laboratories.
Four
states-Hothouse,
Warmhouse,
Coolhouse,
Icehouse-are
identified
on
basis
distinctive
response
astronomical
forcing
depending
greenhouse
gas
concentrations
polar
ice
sheet
volume.
Statistical
analysis
nonlinear
behavior
encoded
record
reveals
key
role
that
volume
plays
predictability
This
planetary
boundaries
framework
update
finds
that
six
of
the
nine
are
transgressed,
suggesting
Earth
is
now
well
outside
safe
operating
space
for
humanity.
Ocean
acidification
close
to
being
breached,
while
aerosol
loading
regionally
exceeds
boundary.
Stratospheric
ozone
levels
have
slightly
recovered.
The
transgression
level
has
increased
all
earlier
identified
as
overstepped.
As
primary
production
drives
system
biosphere
functions,
human
appropriation
net
proposed
a
control
variable
functional
integrity.
boundary
also
transgressed.
modeling
different
climate
and
land
change
illustrates
these
anthropogenic
impacts
on
must
be
considered
in
systemic
context.
Ecology and Society,
Год журнала:
2016,
Номер
21(3)
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2016
Folke,
C.,
R.
Biggs,
A.
V.
Norström,
B.
Reyers,
and
J.
Rockström.
2016.
Social-ecological
resilience
biosphere-based
sustainability
science.
Ecology
Society
21(3):41.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08748-210341
There
is
an
ongoing
debate
on
what
constitutes
sustainable
intensification
of
agriculture
(SIA).
In
this
paper,
we
propose
that
a
paradigm
for
can
be
defined
and
translated
into
operational
framework
agricultural
development.
We
argue
must
now
defined—at
all
scales—in
the
context
rapidly
rising
global
environmental
changes
in
Anthropocene,
while
focusing
eradicating
poverty
hunger
contributing
to
human
wellbeing.
The
criteria
approach
propose,
shift
towards
agriculture,
integrates
dual
interdependent
goals
using
practices
meet
needs
resilience
sustainability
landscapes,
biosphere,
Earth
system.
Both
these,
turn,
are
required
sustain
future
viability
agriculture.
This
aims
at
repositioning
world
from
its
current
role
as
world’s
single
largest
driver
change,
becoming
key
contributor
transition
within
safe
operating
space
Earth.
