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We are yet to develop meaningful accountability, justice and repair in cases of environmental harms, crimes, injustices and conflicts. This introduction invites us to consider what is lost in our current approaches to environmental harm, and what Environmental Restorative Justice (ERJ) can offer as a new framework for environmental justice. The first part provides an overview of the promises of ERJ for responding to and preventing environmental harm that are highlighted by the authors in this volume. This includes the expansive vision of harm and victimhood, restorative practices and processes that draw out multiple perspectives and valuing different systems of knowledge, and novel ways to ensure accountability of those who are responsible for harm in ways that are meaningful to those harmed and to Nature. The second part examines the challenges that remain to be addressed as this new domain is explored and developed. The chapter acts as an invitation to scholars, activists, regulators and policymakers, as well as concerned citizens, to further develop the agenda for ERJ.
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In our book, the term ‘environmental harm’ is used broadly to include such actions, impacts and outcomes as: environmental crime; damage to the environment; degradation and despoilation of ecosystems; injury, death and illnesses caused to human and more-than-human species; pollution; damaging atmospheric emissions; thoughtless and excess use of resources; dumping of toxic materials; loss of biodiversity and habitats; and other similar eco-destructive actions and impacts.
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When there is no year for the cited references, they refer to chapters of this handbook.
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Forsyth, M., Pali, B., Tepper, F. (2022). Environmental Restorative Justice: An Introduction and an Invitation. In: Pali, B., Forsyth, M., Tepper, F. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Environmental Restorative Justice. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04223-2_1
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