{"id":10,"date":"2017-01-09T04:36:30","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T04:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-02-13T11:40:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T22:40:40","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"><div id=\"x-section-1\" class=\"x-section bg-image parallax\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 3% 0px 22%; background-image: url(https:\/\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Fantail-2.jpg); background-color: hsl(128, 57%, 72%);\" data-x-element=\"section\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;parallax&quot;:true}\"><div id=\"\" class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\" ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><h2  class=\"h-custom-headline resp-h man h2 accent\" style=\"color: hsl(0, 2%, 99%);\"><span><b> Welcome to the Massey University Political Ecology Research Centre (PERC)  <\/b><\/span><\/h2><hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 15% 0 0 0;\"><\/div><\/div><div id=\"\" class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\" ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm cs-ta-left x-2-3\" style=\"padding: 0px;opacity: 0; transform: translate(0, -45px); transition-duration: 750ms; background-color:hsla(0, 0%, 0%, 0);\" data-x-element=\"column\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;fade&quot;:true}\" data-fade=\"true\"><div id=\"\" class=\"x-text\" style=\"font-size: 1.25em;\" ><p>\n<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> PERC\u2019s website is dedicated to connecting groups and individuals whose work emphasises and critiques the relationships between society, environment, and politics. PERC members may study, teach, research, and\/or practice political ecology. The PERC website provides information about the political ecology work of its members, and promotes upcoming events. It also hosts online conferences that have been organised by PERC. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Contact PERC: masseyPERC <em>at<\/em> gmail.com <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-3\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" >&nbsp;<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"x-section-2\" class=\"x-section\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 5% 0px 3%;border-style: solid;border-width: 2px 0px 0px; background-color: hsl(0, 0%, 99%);\" ><div id=\"\" class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\" ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><h2  class=\"h-custom-headline resp-h man h2\" style=\"color: #333;\"><span><b> WHAT IS POLITICAL ECOLOGY?<\/b><\/span><\/h2><hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 50px 0 0 0;\"><\/div><\/div><div id=\"\" class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\" ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><div id=\"\" class=\"x-text\" style=\"\" ><p>Political ecology is an interdisciplinary field of research that connects politics, economics and culture to environmental issues.  Political ecologists are interested in the ways in which natural resources are interpreted, represented, valued, governed and accessed.  They are also interested in analysing the conflicts that occur around uneven control of and access to, natural resources.  Political ecologists may also provide analysis and critiques of:<\/p>\n<\/div><hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 20px 0 0 0;\"><\/div><\/div><div id=\"\" class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\" ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><div id=\"\" class=\"x-text\" style=\"\" ><ul>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: left;\">institutions, policies, and legislation and their contributions and barriers to environmental and human health and justice;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">human politics versus \u2018nature\u2019;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">the efficacy of environmental activism;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">local and indigenous ecological knowledge and participation in research and environmental management projects;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">access to, and legitimacy of, science;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">the ecological impacts of cultural objects;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">relationships between politics, science, industry, and the environment;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: left;\">the combinations of bio-physical and politico-economic factors contributing to \u2018disasters\u2019;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: left;\">just and ecologically sustainable economic systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"x-section-3\" class=\"x-section bg-image parallax\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 10% 0px; background-image: url(https:\/\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/bees.jpg); background-color: #151515;\" data-x-element=\"section\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;parallax&quot;:true}\"><div id=\"\" class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\" ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><h2  class=\"h-custom-headline resp-h man h2 accent\" style=\"color: hsla(0, 0%, 0%, 0.96);color: #fff;\"><span><b> PERC is a node of the international  Pollen network <\/b><\/span><\/h2><hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 50px 0 0 0;\"><a  class=\"x-btn x-btn-rounded x-btn-large\" style=\"color: #fff;\" href=\"https:\/\/politicalecologynetwork.org\/\"     data-options=\"thumbnail: ''\">Visit the Pollen Website<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><span data-x-element-responsive-text=\"{&quot;selector&quot;:&quot;.resp-h&quot;,&quot;compression&quot;:&quot;0.95&quot;,&quot;minFontSize&quot;:&quot;32px&quot;,&quot;maxFontSize&quot;:&quot;54px&quot;}\" class=\"e10-e28\"><\/span><span data-x-element-responsive-text=\"{&quot;selector&quot;:&quot;.resp-p&quot;,&quot;compression&quot;:&quot;2.5&quot;,&quot;minFontSize&quot;:&quot;16px&quot;,&quot;maxFontSize&quot;:&quot;21px&quot;}\" class=\"e10-e29\"><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Massey University Political Ecology Research Centre (PERC) PERC\u2019s website is dedicated to connecting groups and individuals whose work emphasises and critiques the relationships between society, environment, and politics. PERC members may study, teach, research, and\/or practice political ecology. The PERC website provides information about the political ecology work of its members, and promotes upcoming events. 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