True enough, but so is Kazungu's point. How to overcome the paradox of "formalization facilitates capture and dispossession and undermines local management" / "no formalization opens the door to grabbing and #enclosure"?

The Economist insists in regularly tweeting a 2021 article whose half-truth content is being shown to be very flawed by the research we are conducting at BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change x.com/PabloPastos/st… It would be good if our popular science efforts manage to counteract such intoxication.

"Every Seed Is A Prayer (And Your World Is A Seed)" has been my favorite short story read this year. A thoughtful piece of environmental #ScienceFiction. It's available for free as an audio podcast. Better yet, buy a copy this issue of clarkesworld. Stephen Case #sustainability

Understanding #agriculturalpollution through #EnvironmentalSF: ‘Footnotes from “Phosphates, Nitrates and the Lake A Incident: A Review”’ by Mari Ness, still masked is a fun short read in Reckoning reckoning.press/reckoning-6/ #pollution #sustainability #watermaidens

"...the path to a more harmonious relationship with nature cannot be one of technological adjustment alone. It must also involve communities and societies learning to align themselves with higher principles." — BIC statement “One Planet, One Habitation” #cop28 #climateaction

Glad to see Participatory #RangelandManagement (#PRM) gaining traction.

Me too. See you in California.

‘Our current form of adversarial, representative democracy is better than dictatorship and better than feudalism, but as a benchmark, “better than dictatorship or feudalism” is no longer enough.’ How to take a long-term view for #sustainability. landscapewanderer.link/deep-time/ #vision

I now realize that the most unbelievable trope in science fiction is not FTL drives, aliens, or time travel, it's when all the people and governments of Earth actually believe the scientists

Applications for PhD. and MSc. programs within The Rangeland Project (Isiolo,Marsabit & Samburu) offered by University of Twente are now open. Interested candidates can apply via the link below itc.nl/range

I don't really work on Kenyan land issues any more, but I hope those who do are paying attention. #LandGovernance #Kenya

📢 Consultants Needed! Technical Support to NELGA for the development of online course on "Responsible Land Administration" in Africa 🗓️ Application deadline: April 23, 2024, at 12:00 noon (German time). NELGA More details below👇 ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/de… #tender #support

The latest installment of the Deliberative Landscapes Wanderer looks at #SpeculativeFiction, especially environmental SF, and what it can contribute to the quest for #sustainability. #environmentalism #vision landscapewanderer.link/environmental_…

I was recently a guest on Shooting It Raw, talking about #pastoralists, #rangelands, #Saskatchewan, #sciencefiction, hope, and possibility. shooting-it-raw.com/podcast/episod… shooting-it-raw

"Five Days Until Sunset" by #LanceRobinson, art by #SteveBentley, published in #WritersOfTheFuture, available nationwide at bit.ly/WOTF40stores. Details at bit.ly/WOTF40info #WOTF40 #SpeculativeFiction #ShortStories #SupportIndieAuthors