Ecological imperialism

The ‘green’ agenda based on a ‘stakeholder capitalism’ strategy (governments and others facilitating the needs of private capital) has co-opted genuine concerns about the environment to pursue new multi-billion-dollar global investment opportunities.

1. If you read 2020 report Nature for Sale, by Friends of the Earth, you might conclude that we are witnessing a type of green imperialism that is using genuine concerns about the
   environment to pursue a familiar agenda of extractivism, colonisation and commodification – the same old mindset, greenwashed and rolled out for public consumption. For some, things seem set to remain the same – business as usual.

1. Imperialism
2. Human domination of nature

1. Unconstrained exploitation of natural resources
2. Commercialization of nature

1. Unethical practice of the life sciences
2. Rival claims for conservation land
3. Natural environment degradation
4. Inappropriate projection of values onto other cultures
5. Erosion of biological diversity

1. Loss of humility in relation to the environment
2. Greenwashing

1. Ecological authoritarianism
2. Covert imperialism

1. Reducing imperialism
2. Employing ecological imperialism
3. Applying ecological footprint analysis

1. Imperialism