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POLLEN January Updates

Dear POLLEN Members and Friends, We have a packed newsletter to start the year with – lots of new publications, the introduction of the POLLEN Advisory Collective, CfPs, seminar and speaker series, courses, and more. We are also introducing the newly established Levant Node. Enjoy the read! Best wishes, POLLEN Secretariat NOTE: the updates below are a … Read more POLLEN January Updates

REPOST: “The world has become weird”: crisis, natures and radical re-enchantment

In this essay, Amber Huff and Nathan Oxley reflect on questions that have emerged through Natures, the STEPS Centre’s theme throughout 2020. Original post here.

POLLEN22 – Save the date!

During the General Assembly held on the last day of POLLEN20, POLLEN node Adrien Nel and Connor Joseph Cavanagh announced that the POLLEN22 Biennial Conference will be hosted at the University of Kwazulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa! The dates of the conference are 28-30 June, 2022. More info will be published on the website: https://pollen2022.com/

From bombs to biodiversity: why we need a conceptual shift in security

By Cebuan Bliss Photo credits: James Calalang The Copenhagen School’s concept of securitisation is a response to their dissatisfaction with traditional, narrow definitions of military security which were prevalent during the Cold War. They argue for a broadening of the concept of security and established a new framework for analysis, one which considers issues of … Read more From bombs to biodiversity: why we need a conceptual shift in security

Biodiversity and the blind spot of nature conservation policy

By Esther Turnhout, Wageningen University The IPBES Global Assessment has made clear that the causes of biodiversity loss are located outside of protected areas, yet this remains the focus of much of conservation policy. Addressing this blind spot is challenging, but necessary for effective and just biodiversity governance and nature conservation.

Start your own POLLEN node!

To start your own POLLEN node, please fill in your details on our open Google Sheets membership database, and email the POLLEN secretariat (currently hosted by the Institute for Food and Resource Economics at the University of Copenhagen) at politicalecologynetwork@gmail.com to request that your node is added to the website.

POLLEN January Updates

REPOST: “The world has become weird”: crisis, natures and radical re-enchantment

POLLEN22 – Save the date!

From bombs to biodiversity: why we need a conceptual shift in security

Biodiversity and the blind spot of nature conservation policy

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