Territory in conflict: land dispossession, water grabbing and mobilization for environmental justice in southern Spain

This paper analyses the socio-territorial conflict prompted by Los Merinos: a residential–tourism project constructed in an ecological reserve that is vital to Andalusian livelihoods. It examines disputes concerning discourses, authorities and rules order understand struggle over land water. Using echelons of rights analysis (ERA) framework, scrutinizes multiscale forces strategies adopted business opposing movement networks shape territory, thereby engaging local supra-local governments. The authors’ political–ecology lens on environmental justice territorialization enhances understanding relevance social movements contesting misappropriation socio-natural environments.