Book review : Julia Miller Cantzler, Environmental Justice as Decolonization: Political Contention, Innovation and Resistance over Indigenous Fishing Rights in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States (Routledge, Abingdon 2021) 220 pp.

Nakamura, Julia (2023) Book review : Julia Miller Cantzler, Environmental Justice as Decolonization: Political Contention, Innovation and Resistance over Indigenous Fishing Rights in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States (Routledge, Abingdon 2021) 220 pp. [Review] (https://doi.org/10.4337/jhre.2023.01.06)

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Abstract

Theories or ideas of justice have permeated contemporary legal, ethical and philoso phical discourse for centuries. In the lexicon of international environmental law, 'environmental justice' is closely related to the notion of fair and equitable distribution of environmental risks, to benefits owed to present and future generations, and to the procedural rights through which individuals can adequately access information and participate in environmental decision-making. Situating 'environmental justice' as 'decolonization' in the context of Indigenous fishing rights, Cantzler's book offers originality, utility and a voice echoing those of Indigenous communities in their mobilization efforts, activism and tactics vis-à-vis the enduring socio-economic, structural, cultural and political counterfactors dwarfing their agency.

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