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For those in Wageningen on 26th June: join us for a session with Danielle Hirsch to talk about how to change the world!

Land conservation as wilderness or eco-tourism? Bram Büscher proposes a third way: address capitalist growth itself through "convivial conservation." Bridge the human/nature divide with eco-respectful collaborations. Frontiers of Commoning podcast: tinyurl.com/uj75pmun

New #OpenAccess article, just published online in the JPS! The Great Conservation Tragedy? A critical reflection of (neo)protectionism in relation to the ‘30x30’ global biodiversity framework POLLEN @SDC_WUR 30x30 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

New paper alert! Bram Büscher explores why (neo)protectionism persists in conservation, highlighting its emotional-institutional power despite critiques, and how this further fuels an enduring ‘great conservation tragedy’. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

New paper alert! Bram Büscher explores why (neo)protectionism persists in conservation, highlighting its emotional-institutional power despite critiques, and how this further fuels an enduring ‘great conservation tragedy’. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Have a PhD in human geography, development studies, environmental politics, disaster governance and focuses on (peri)urban areas? Please apply for a post-doc on LODESTAR. Work at SDC_WUR and Change with us Sumit Vij @Jeroen Warner wur.nl/nl/vacature/po…

Just out: beautifully animated video explaining our Living Landscapes in Action project in South Africa! About social & spatial justice in biodiversity conservation in South Africa, and beyond. Convivial Conservation POLLEN PLAAS youtube.com/watch?v=0bHvSr…

Really looking forward to the launch of @torbenja ‘s new book on climate security and justice in Sahel. Do join and invite your colleagues! Bram Büscher Rosaleen Duffy Mariel Aguilar-Støen Prof. Sian Sullivan ☮️ 🕊️ 🌱 Robert Fletcher Jessica Hope Jesse Ribot 🌎 ✊@lisaschipper.bsky.social Prof Lyla Mehta

ENV Seminar Series: November 13 | 12 - 2 pm | "In case it was not clear already: we need a conservation revolution! A call and proposal for a convivial alternative" with Bram Büscher. As the warnings and discourses become stronger and more explicit, we see actors scrambling to

This is what it was all about Trump's victory increases Elon Musk’s fortune by $26bn in a day as Jeff Bezos, Sergey Brin and Bill Gates also benefit #USAElections2024 theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Will ‘Trump Part II’ be the wake up call needed toward more effective conservation? Mongabay commentary by Robert Fletcher and me on the conservation implications of the re-election of Trump as US president. news.mongabay.com/2024/11/will-t…

New paper! Toward a planetary ethnography? From “frictions” to “tensions” in understanding post-truth capitalist power Argues it is time for anthropology to reclaim truth and speak it to capitalist power more forcefully. And shows how we can do so berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/…

Read "Toward a planetary ethnography?: From “frictions” to “tensions” in understanding post-truth capitalist power" by Bram Büscher in #OpenAccess Focaal 100: bit.ly/497lu6k Bram Büscher

Very happy to announce the 2025 Wageningen Political Ecology Spring school (7-11 april): Political Ecologies of the Countryside: agrarian roots, environmental transformations & capitalist conflicts Please spread the word or consider joining! POLLEN wur.nl/en/activity/po…

"Another approach to conservation is needed, one that takes seriously our economic system’s structural pressures, violent socio-ecological realities, cascading extinctions and increasingly authoritarian politics" This is what we wrote 5 years ago. jstor.org/stable/26677964