Eduardo Gudynas Silinskas (born 1960 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan biologist and author specializing in environmental issues. He is a member of the Latin American Center for Social Ecology (CLAES). He works as an associate researcher at the

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. In 2016 he was the first Latin American person to obtain the Arne Næss Chair in Global Justice and the Environment from the

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; previous holders of the chair include

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and

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Selected works

* ''Muy lejos está cerca''. Lima: RedGE, 2022. * ''Extractivisms: Politics, Economy and Ecology. Fernwood Publishing, 2021. ISBN 978-1773631769. * ''Derechos y violencia en los extractivismos. Extrahecciones en Bolivia y América Latina'' (with O. Campanini and M. Gandarillas). Cochabamba: La Libre, 2020. * ''Ciudadanía en movimiento: participación en conflictos ambientales'' (with Alain Santandreu). Montevideo: Ediciones trilce, 1998. ISBN 978-9974321991.

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