Low-Income Countries Host 75% of EJAtlas' Environmental Conflicts

Jun 12, 2024 | Mirage
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The Environmental Justice Atlas (EJAtlas), created by researchers at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), has documented 4,100 socio-environmental conflicts worldwide, 75% of which occur in low-income countries.

EJAtlas is an interactive map that identifies and locates ecological-distributive conflicts around the world. Since its launch 12 years ago, this open-access web platform has documented 4,100 cases, 19% of which are caused by fossil fuels and energy generation, another 19% by mining, and 13% by agribusiness, fisheries and forest exploitation.