Feminist political ecology is an epistemological approach to human-environment relations at the intersections of three key areas in the social sciences. These areas are feminism, development, and environmental studies. This article discusses the changing dynamics of these intersections through an intellectual history of the term as it emerged from ecofeminist philosophy in 1970s and 1980s and was shaped by contributions from critical development studies, human ecology, and poststructural feminism. Feminist political ecology emphasizes natural resource management issues, social justice, and environmental concerns, and analyzes the connections between social inequality, social change, and environmental issues through the themes of gender, identity, and difference in human-environment relations.