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Assistant Prof @SDC_WUR Veni @NWO_SSH project “Wounded Landscapes” | Political Ecology of Conflict I War & Biodiversity Conservation I Coloniality & Environment
Mar 28, 2023 8 tweets 3 min read
Extinction is happening. It is important that this is communicated in spaces such as schools/museums/ zoo's etc. Yet extinction narratives should be based on actual facts & should not be sensationalized. Extinction narratives around Mountain Gorilla's, as an example (1/n) 🦍 This weekend I was with my family in Brussels train museum. Which now also hosts an exposition on biodiversity & extinction. It also focusses on the endangered mountain gorillas #animalia
Mar 5, 2020 6 tweets 2 min read
Terrible news: a #Virunga park guard got killed Tuesday night close to #nyamilima.Conservation need to be re-thought in the area, in the interest of the population AND park guards.Both are seeking security & stability and shouldn't be presented as opposite parties. A THREAD (1/6) Already 3 years ago the park had the idea to place an electric fence in this highly contested area #Binza. The advise we gave was that this would only aggravate tensions if the fence would be placed without a participative demarcation process prior to construction (2/6)