Nature is vital. The implications of this seemingly simple statement become very complex very quickly: what kind of nature are we trying to conserve?

By Aiko Ikemura Amaral (UFMG, Brazil), Philipp Horn (University of Sheffield, UK) and Desiree Poets (Virginia Tech, US).  This blog was originally published by the Institute of Latin America Studies. We are living in an increasingly urban world and indigenous peoples are no exception to this trend. In a context of urbanisation, indigeneity does not […]

The decolonial turn in social sciences, strengthened by phenomena like the Rhodes Must Fall movement is growing. The challenge of decolonising requires us to move beyond our current framings, ways of thinking and doing things.

Blog by Adeniyi Asiyanbi Colonialism was a thoroughly environmental project. And the environment remains dangerously colonial today at a time of significant environmental crises. From the plundering of resources for imperial expansion to the constitution of the colonies as the playground of Western environmentalism; from imposition of the ideas of ‘wilderness’ on landscapes to the […]

Much is written about the role of innovation in contributing to the wellbeing of people in the global South.