ecoimperialist

English

Etymology

eco- +‎ imperialist

Adjective

ecoimperialist (comparative more ecoimperialist, superlative most ecoimperialist)

1. Alternative form of eco-imperialist
   • 2007, Jonathan B Wiener, “Climate change policy and policy change in China”, in UCLA Law Review:

     Given the potential differences in norms, an appeal to moral obligation regarding GHG emissions limits could even backfire, if it were seen in China as patronizing and ecoimperialist.

   • 2016, Tammy L. Lewis, Ecuador's Environmental Revolutions:

     Many ecodependent organizations started out with a focus on conservation but have shifted their agendas over time as ecoimperialist organizations moved toward “sustainable development.”

   • 2017, Paul Thompson, Environmental Justice:

     Outlines of a systemic relation between society and ecology are evident with the theoretical innovations underlying the ecoimperialist and colonialist critiques.

Noun

ecoimperialist (plural ecoimperialists)

1. Alternative form of eco-imperialist
   • 1993, The Forestry Chronicle - Volume 69, page 132:

     Countries of the South, as a result of years of intense criticism of their forestry, have accused Greenpeace and many of the more visible European and North American activists. as ecoimperialists.

   • 1998, William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review, page 338:

     The urge to ignore the views of other countries or to be “ecoimperialists” is strong, especially considering that the United States is currently the only so-called superpower on Earth.

   • 2011, Tammy L. Lewis, “Global Civil Society and the distribution of environmental goods: Funding for environmental NGOs in Ecuador”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     Some have suggested that environmentalists (conservationists in particular) from the global North are “ecoimperialists,” who have ignored the needs of indigenous people in favor of protecting the environment (Guha and Martinez-Alier 1997).