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🐺 Tomorrow, EU ambassadors will discuss the European Commission proposal to lower the protection status of #wolves . IFAW and other NGOs urge EU ambassadors to reject this politically motivated proposal. Read our open letter here: 👇ifaw.org/international/…

📣Is it just conservation? A typology of Indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ roles in conserving biodiversity
I'm happy that this paper is out to challenge the Protected Area bros and conservation optimism discourse.

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🌱 While the EU’s environmental policies are hollowing out, there is still hope for a green European future, argues our chair holder Prof. Georg Winkel. Don't miss out on his thought-provoking essay, with recommendations for meaningful policy #GreenDeal wur.nl/en/research-re…

#Land has been coming up again & again in the #JustScapes project.

Questions about #landaccess , #landuse & the #transformation of #rural land in the face of #climatechange come up, in different articulations, across all of our cases.
#EnvironmentalJustice #JustTransformations

Ook in Wageningen Wageningen U&R doen wij vandaag mee met de nationale walk-out - om 11 uur, voor FORUM. In support voor de studenten aan de UVA en UU, en tegen het geweld in Gaza

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Evening grazing on pasture completely surrounded by forest. You must trust your livestock guardian dogs in low light as this is when bears move more freely, and remember these shepherds never carry guns. There's lots of wolves in this valley too. #Transhumance #sheep #farming 1/

📢This is happening next week! My Beastly Business Project colleague Alison Hutchinson, Ragnhild Sollund and many more will discuss justice informed species #conservation as part of #WorldSpeciesCongress . Make sure you register if you are interested in #ecojustice #greencriminology 👇

Today's forage: a handful of shield pinkgills (Romanian: bureți de prun, Entoloma prunuloides) and lots of common sorrel. We had lots of rain lately, so I'm 🙏 for morels next time #foraging 🍄 #SouthernCarpathians

Keep your eyes peeled for the latest Beastly Business Project paper coming out soon!
#IR #Wildlife #greencrime #trafficking 👇

Firewood aside, the local economy revolves around commercial 🌳🌳 felling. More than 250 villagers work as lumberjacks, truck drivers & foresters. Lumberjacks' work remains precarious & dangerous, while foresters' is heavily bureaucratised & scrutinised. #EcoJust #Carpathians

Throughout Southern #Carpathian villages, wood was widely used in both vernacular& religious architecture. Less so today, as folks w/ skills & knowledge to build w/ wood are hard to find & quality 🪵 is much more expensive than other materials. Wooden houses are a luxury #EcoJust

There are many #harms steming from state's attempt to halt #IllegalLogging through indiscriminate bans, one of them being the vulnerabilisation of local woodworkers who can no longer find quality material. Ursu works #beech & ash into tools for hay making 🪚🪵 #EcoJust #EnvJustice

With not other fuels available, most villages are dependent on #firewood for heating & cooking. Felling season is almost over, but roads are still lined up with logs waiting to be picked up. Recent spikes in prices are keeping local buyers away #envjustice #EcoJust #Carpathians

The beech #forests of the Southern #Carpathians are more than #biodiversity hotspots. They are part of locals' identity, here expressed by adorning houses & shrines with vibrant green branches to celebrate the feast of St George.

It feels good to be back to the forests of Southern #Carpathians w/ my colleague Irina Velicu for a week of fieldwork to document different layers of #Environmental #Injustice associated with #IllegalLogging 🌳🪵🪓 part of #EcoJust project hosted Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu grants.ulbsibiu.ro/ecojust/the-te…

Fruitful day discussing about #rewilding conflicts in the Ruhrgebiet area, a space of intense forest regrowth taking over former mining & heavy industrialised landscapes 🌳🌳

A bit later today, Monica Vasile is giving a talk on the history of #wildlife #reintroduction with a 🔎 on the Przewalski horses 🐎. One not to miss if you love storytelling based research! All details on how to join 👇

Sheffield friends, don't miss Justine's talk today! Ping Beastly Business Project ShARC Rosaleen Duffy Prof. Charlie Burns Simon Rushton