Eduardo Gudynas

Eduardo Gudynas Silinskas (born 1960 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan biologist and author specializing in environmental issues.^[1]

Eduardo Gudynas
Born	Eduardo Gudynas Silinskas 1960 Montevideo, Uruguay
Scientific career
Fields	Environment, Zoology
Author abbrev. (zoology)	Gudynas

He is a member of the Latin American Center for Social Ecology (CLAES).^[2] He works as an associate researcher at the University of California, Davis.^[3] In 2016 he was the first Latin American person to obtain the Arne Næss Chair in Global Justice and the Environment from the University of Oslo; previous holders of the chair include James Lovelock, David Sloan Wilson and Ramachandra Guha.^[4]

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.