I am happy to share this latest publication, named Reviews and syntheses: Current perspectives on biosphere research 2024–2025 – eight findings from ecology, sociology, and economics, in the new Current Perspectives on Biosphere paper series in the journal Biogeosciences. It was written by 35 scientists from all over the world, providing for a large variety…Read more New paper out: Reviews and syntheses: Current perspectives on biosphere research 2024–2025 – eight findings from ecology, sociology, and economics
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New book review about an important book by journalist Olivier van Beemen: Ondernemers in het wild: Het ontluisterende verhaal van een club witte weldoeners in Afrika.
This is a short book review in the Open Access journal the Journal of Political Ecology, about Van Beemen's book that he wrote (in Dutch) about the ideology, politics, activities and struggles of conservation giant African Parks. There are now French and German translations available, English is on the way. I highly recommend the book…Read more New book review about an important book by journalist Olivier van Beemen: Ondernemers in het wild: Het ontluisterende verhaal van een club witte weldoeners in Afrika.
New book chapter: COVID-19 and the Limits of Community-Based Ecotourism as a Sustainable Livelihood Diversification Strategy: The Case of the Indigenous Karo of Batu Katak, North Sumatra, Indonesia
The origins of this chapter go a few years back, when Roderick Buiskool and I decided to work it out for the important book Ecotourism impacts on indigenous peoples, edited by Wayne Babchuck and Robert Hitchcock. As usual, the chapter is open access on this website under Publications. The abstract: This chapter contributes to the…Read more New book chapter: COVID-19 and the Limits of Community-Based Ecotourism as a Sustainable Livelihood Diversification Strategy: The Case of the Indigenous Karo of Batu Katak, North Sumatra, Indonesia
Interview in Resource about culling elephants
The following is an interview with me in my university's magazine Resource about culling elephants in Namibia and Zimbabwe: https://www.resource-online.nl/index.php/2023/06/17/we-didnt-let-them-silence-us/?lang=en. Happy to see this is out now, the interview was in October last year. Thanks Marieke Enter for all your work on this! ‘The criticism is pure colonialism’ Culling elephants in southern Africa Marieke Enter…Read more Interview in Resource about culling elephants
New paper about Resettlement in Tsintsabis, Namibia
Moses ǁKhumûb and I wrote this paper together for International Development and Planning Review. It concerns social dynamics at a Namibian resettlement farm, in particular ethnic tensions due to in-migration and leadership. As usual, the full paper can be found under 'Publications' on this website. The abstract: After Namibian Independence in 1990, group resettlement farms…Read more New paper about Resettlement in Tsintsabis, Namibia
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