Geographies of war and violence II: Terraformations and political ecologies of war

This report reviews recently published work on political ecologies of war to argue that war is a terraforming project. Terraformations of war require thinking through the ways in which ecologies are shaped by and in turn shape violent conflict. The concept of terraformations is introduced before outlining the many destructive, toxifying, and degrading effects that war has on socio-ecological relations. The article then shows how ecology functions as a medium of war, after which it articulates forms of ecological endurance. It concludes by reflecting on ecocide and calls for more scholarship on life-giving terraformations amidst militarised ecologies.