How do humans interact with their environments? How do their actions influence biodiversity
loss climate change and pollution? And how do differently situated people respond to these
transformations in specific ways? This book serves as an introduction to the research and
practice of environmental anthropology. It presents current concepts and debates and
highlights key social-ecological issues. Readers will learn about the origins of the field and
about recent approaches to landscapes infrastructures Anthropocenes and ontologies. They can
delve into environmental-anthropological research on water plants animals and human bodies
and are invited to explore issues around climate change disasters extractivism conservation
and environmentalism.
