Mapping ecological distribution conflicts: The EJAtlas

• There is a world movement for environmental justice. Over 3300 ecological distribution conflicts are recorded in the atlas of Such particularly occur at frontiers commodity extraction and waste disposal. Political ecology studies such conflicts, should be placed centre politics. This article describes origins terms “environmental justice” “environmentalism poor indigenous” since 1980s. In 2012 collection “ecological conflicts” (EDC) an Atlas Environmental Justice (the EJAtlas) started. The EJAtlas reached 3350 entries by January 2021. arise because industrial economy not circular, it entropic. Since entropic, continuously looks new energy material sources “commodity frontiers”, disposal sites. counter-movements resistance, which become also “valuation system contests” participants movements (environmental organizations, indigenous peoples, peasants, neighbors citizens) display different values. Examples given from continents while answering questions: Why did justice come into being, type social it? relevance research on comparative, statistical political but business economics management, noticed.