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Ivan Ashaba

@ashavin.bsky.social

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Research on environmental politics. Most recently consultancy work on Ugandan environmental defenders in urban/peri-urban areas until USAID woes & funding cuts.

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Ivan Ashaba @ashavin.bsky.social · Aug 6

🚨 New publication alert!

Very pleased to see our work on demilitarizing conservation published. It began as an informal conversation leading up to the 2023 Biannual Political Ecology Network Conference in Durban, South Africa. Open access!

Demilitarizing Conservation

Many national parks and other protected areas (PAs) are experiencing an intensification of military actors, logics, and partnerships across the globe. This amounts to one of the most consequential ...

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ICTA-UAB @icta-uab.bsky.social · May 19

Political Ecology Network (POLLEN) Conference in Barcelona, June 2026.

Our ICTA-UAB researchers are actively involved—help them spread the word and submit your articles!

@pollenetwork.bsky.social

More info: ➡️pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/

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Ivan Ashaba @ashavin.bsky.social · Mar 4

Thank you, prof!

Ivan Ashaba @ashavin.bsky.social · Mar 3

🚨 New publication alert!
Very pleased to see our work with Esther Marijnen published in @iajournal.bsky.social

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Ivan Ashaba @ashavin.bsky.social · Dec 13

My first Bluesky post. Exciting news of the discovery of 742 new species in the Congo Basin. Why can’t this get as much coverage as that given to extinction narratives & biodiversity decline?

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