Policy Brief
The EU Regulation on Deforestation Free-Products (EUDR) seen from the ground: Adapting the implementation to the complexities and aspirations of territories of production. This policy brief presents the views of researchers who make up the EPICC consortium on the regulation of commodity markets entering the European Union and their association with deforestation and forest degradation. […]
Reinforcing path marginalization: revealing the unaccounted labour organization at a mining frontier in Indonesia
This article takes the case of tin extraction in Belitung to examine extractive industries in peripheral regions and argues that tin mining is reproduced by multiple forms of unrecognized labour organization that secure the continuation of an industry in times of the digital and energy transition. Vela-Almeida, D., & Karlsen, A. (2023). Reinforcing path marginalization: […]
The “Greening” of Empire: The European Green Deal as the EU first agenda
This article examines the geopolitical dimensions of the EU Green Deal beyond the EU zone, particularly focusing on the implications for the Global South. We find how the EU acts in key policy arenas of diplomacy, trade and investment leading to the ‘greening’ of the empire as it reproduces colonial economic and political power while […]
Tin Dilema
Tin mining in Bangka Belitung Province of Indonesia brings about a dilemma. Parts of the local residents perceive tin mining as a “blessing” because it serves as their main daily livelihood source. While the others call it a “curse” due to its contribution to environmental damage. So, how should this tin dilemma be managed? How […]
The real gold of the Amazon
Also in the Putumayo, the conversion of natural ecosystems for the agricultural land use and mineral extraction is one of the principal motors of biodiversity loss, climate change and has severe repercussions on local lives, social fabrics and biocultural diversity. We had a knowledge exchange with women who are taking care of and defending the […]
