page_title: Political ecology
hierarchical_section_title: Political ecology
caption_attribution_description: العربية: حقول الأرز في مقاطعة يونان الصينية. Português: Campos de arroz na Província de Yunnan, China. Deutsch: Reisterrassen in der chinesischen Provinz Yunnan English: (Honghe Hani Rice Terraces) in Yunnan Province, China. Español: Campos de arróz en la Provincia de Yunnan, China. Français&#160;: Rizières en terrasse des Hani de Honghe dans le Yunnan, en Chine. עברית: טרסות אורז במחוז יונאן שבסין. Русский: Рисовые террасы в провинции Юньнань 日本語: 中国雲南省の棚田 Македонски: Тераси на оризови полиња во кинеската провинција Јунан. Türkçe: Teras pirinç tarlaları.Yunnan Eyaleti, Çin Українська: Рисові тераси в провінції Юньнань, Китай. Tiếng Việt: Ruộng bậc thang ở Vân Nam, Trung Quốc 中文: 中国云南省梯田
context_page_description: Political ecology is the study of the relationships between political, economic and social factors with environmental issues and changes. Political ecology differs from apolitical ecological studies by politicizing environmental issues and phenomena.
  The academic discipline offers wide-ranging studies integrating ecological social sciences with political economy in topics such as degradation and marginalization, environmental conflict, conservation and control, and environmental identities and social movements.
context_section_description: Political ecology is the study of the relationships between political, economic and social factors with environmental issues and changes. Political ecology differs from apolitical ecological studies by politicizing environmental issues and phenomena.
  The academic discipline offers wide-ranging studies integrating ecological social sciences with political economy in topics such as degradation and marginalization, environmental conflict, conservation and control, and environmental identities and social movements.
caption: Political ecology studies the complex interaction between economics, politics, technology, social tradition and the biological environment. These terraced rice fields in Yunnan, China, evidence how the environment is shaped by and shapes economy and society.
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