Bram Büscher
@brambuscher.bsky.social
Chair @SDC_WUR & Prof @go2uj
Books:
Environmentalism under digital capitalism: http://truthaboutnature.com
The Conservation Revolution: http://convivialconservation.com
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Books:
Environmentalism under digital capitalism: http://truthaboutnature.com
The Conservation Revolution: http://convivialconservation.com
∞
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CfP @pollenetwork.bsky.social 2026:
Conservation without Liberal Reason: Unsustainable Virtues, Illiberal Technopolitics, and Residual Histories.
Organizers: Jim Igoe & Bram Büscher
More info: pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...
We look forward to proposals & meeting in Barcelona!
Conservation without Liberal Reason: Unsustainable Virtues, Illiberal Technopolitics, and Residual Histories.
Organizers: Jim Igoe & Bram Büscher
More info: pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...
We look forward to proposals & meeting in Barcelona!
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October 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
CfP @pollenetwork.bsky.social 2026:
Conservation without Liberal Reason: Unsustainable Virtues, Illiberal Technopolitics, and Residual Histories.
Organizers: Jim Igoe & Bram Büscher
More info: pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...
We look forward to proposals & meeting in Barcelona!
Conservation without Liberal Reason: Unsustainable Virtues, Illiberal Technopolitics, and Residual Histories.
Organizers: Jim Igoe & Bram Büscher
More info: pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...
We look forward to proposals & meeting in Barcelona!
Some more days before submission deadline on 5 December - please join us if you can!
CfP @pollenetwork.bsky.social 2026:
Conservation without Liberal Reason: Unsustainable Virtues, Illiberal Technopolitics, and Residual Histories.
Organizers: Jim Igoe & Bram Büscher
More info: pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...
We look forward to proposals & meeting in Barcelona!
Conservation without Liberal Reason: Unsustainable Virtues, Illiberal Technopolitics, and Residual Histories.
Organizers: Jim Igoe & Bram Büscher
More info: pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...
We look forward to proposals & meeting in Barcelona!
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November 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Some more days before submission deadline on 5 December - please join us if you can!
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"The wealthiest 0.1% emit an average of 2.2 tonnes of CO2 every day, equivalent to the weight of a rhinoceros or an SUV.
A citizen of Somalia burns off just 82 grams of CO2 each day, barely the mass of a single tomato or half a cup of rice."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A citizen of Somalia burns off just 82 grams of CO2 each day, barely the mass of a single tomato or half a cup of rice."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam
Data shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
"The wealthiest 0.1% emit an average of 2.2 tonnes of CO2 every day, equivalent to the weight of a rhinoceros or an SUV.
A citizen of Somalia burns off just 82 grams of CO2 each day, barely the mass of a single tomato or half a cup of rice."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A citizen of Somalia burns off just 82 grams of CO2 each day, barely the mass of a single tomato or half a cup of rice."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
For those in Roskilde, Denmark next week - please join!
October 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
For those in Roskilde, Denmark next week - please join!
CfP @pollenetwork.bsky.social 2026:
Conservation without Liberal Reason: Unsustainable Virtues, Illiberal Technopolitics, and Residual Histories.
Organizers: Jim Igoe & Bram Büscher
More info: pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...
We look forward to proposals & meeting in Barcelona!
Conservation without Liberal Reason: Unsustainable Virtues, Illiberal Technopolitics, and Residual Histories.
Organizers: Jim Igoe & Bram Büscher
More info: pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...
We look forward to proposals & meeting in Barcelona!
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October 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
CfP @pollenetwork.bsky.social 2026:
Conservation without Liberal Reason: Unsustainable Virtues, Illiberal Technopolitics, and Residual Histories.
Organizers: Jim Igoe & Bram Büscher
More info: pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...
We look forward to proposals & meeting in Barcelona!
Conservation without Liberal Reason: Unsustainable Virtues, Illiberal Technopolitics, and Residual Histories.
Organizers: Jim Igoe & Bram Büscher
More info: pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...
We look forward to proposals & meeting in Barcelona!
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#POLLEN"2026 panels are now live.
What happens now is a vital part of the preparation
Hundreds of potential participants will be sending in their ideas to the hundreds of different convenors. It is a rich moment of exchange and interaction.
Please spread the word.
shorturl.at/fCGhB
What happens now is a vital part of the preparation
Hundreds of potential participants will be sending in their ideas to the hundreds of different convenors. It is a rich moment of exchange and interaction.
Please spread the word.
shorturl.at/fCGhB
Call for presentations & posters - POLLEN
The call for presentations and posters is now open until 23:59 CET on Friday 5th December. Before proposing anything, please read the conference rationale & purpose, the rules below, and then browse t...
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October 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
#POLLEN"2026 panels are now live.
What happens now is a vital part of the preparation
Hundreds of potential participants will be sending in their ideas to the hundreds of different convenors. It is a rich moment of exchange and interaction.
Please spread the word.
shorturl.at/fCGhB
What happens now is a vital part of the preparation
Hundreds of potential participants will be sending in their ideas to the hundreds of different convenors. It is a rich moment of exchange and interaction.
Please spread the word.
shorturl.at/fCGhB
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News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.
Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says
Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.
Was great indeed to do this piece on The Value of Political Ecology in Biodiversity Conservation for Nature Reviews biodiversity with a great group of colleagues. Next time in person @jaredmargulies.bsky.social ?
I wish this could have been an interactive conversation because its a wonderful group of folks, but nevertheless I enjoyed taking some time to reflect on questions related to the value of political ecology for biodiversity conservation with @brambuscher.bsky.social and others rdcu.be/eEKqA
The value of political ecology in biodiversity conservation
Nature Reviews Biodiversity - Political ecology aims to understand how politics and power influence both social and ecological dynamics. Conservation biologists and political ecologists tackle many...
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September 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Was great indeed to do this piece on The Value of Political Ecology in Biodiversity Conservation for Nature Reviews biodiversity with a great group of colleagues. Next time in person @jaredmargulies.bsky.social ?
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2012 #ivory - Al Shabab vibes here when naive conservationists jumped on the idea environmental protection = global security. It doesn’t - just take one look at the Military Emissions Gap project. #Militarisation harms the environment
www.politico.eu/article/russ...
www.politico.eu/article/russ...
From Kyiv to the Suwałki Gap, bogs return as Europe’s defensive shield
Restoring the EU’s drained bogs would stop both Russian tanks and planet-warming pollution.
www.politico.eu
August 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
2012 #ivory - Al Shabab vibes here when naive conservationists jumped on the idea environmental protection = global security. It doesn’t - just take one look at the Military Emissions Gap project. #Militarisation harms the environment
www.politico.eu/article/russ...
www.politico.eu/article/russ...
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We are in the middle of it.
July 7, 2025 at 5:55 AM
We are in the middle of it.
Another year, another "crucial global summit".
Except that no summit before has actually gone to the roots of the climate crisis and have altogether had near-zero impact.
We need to drastically rethink global environmental governance.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Except that no summit before has actually gone to the roots of the climate crisis and have altogether had near-zero impact.
We need to drastically rethink global environmental governance.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Climate is our biggest war’, warns CEO of Cop30 ahead of UN summit in Brazil
Negotiators doubt countries’ financial and environmental commitment as military and trade wars divert attention
www.theguardian.com
June 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Another year, another "crucial global summit".
Except that no summit before has actually gone to the roots of the climate crisis and have altogether had near-zero impact.
We need to drastically rethink global environmental governance.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Except that no summit before has actually gone to the roots of the climate crisis and have altogether had near-zero impact.
We need to drastically rethink global environmental governance.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Een paar kritische kanttekeningen bij het recente pleidooi van de rectoren van de Nederlandse universiteiten over academische vrijheid: www.trouw.nl/opinie/opini...
@brambuscher.bsky.social @woinactie.bsky.social @remcobreuker.bsky.social @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social @rensbod.bsky.social
@brambuscher.bsky.social @woinactie.bsky.social @remcobreuker.bsky.social @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social @rensbod.bsky.social
Opinie: Universiteiten, jullie beperken ook zelf de academische vrijheid
De rectoren negeren hun eigen rol in de aantasting van de academische vrijheid. Zo zijn marktprincipes de universiteit in toenemende mate gaan regeren, schrijven Joost Jongerden, Bram Büscher en Han W...
www.trouw.nl
June 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Een paar kritische kanttekeningen bij het recente pleidooi van de rectoren van de Nederlandse universiteiten over academische vrijheid: www.trouw.nl/opinie/opini...
@brambuscher.bsky.social @woinactie.bsky.social @remcobreuker.bsky.social @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social @rensbod.bsky.social
@brambuscher.bsky.social @woinactie.bsky.social @remcobreuker.bsky.social @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social @rensbod.bsky.social
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📣 New Paper on #ConvivialConservation in Biological Conservation, brilliantly led by @judithekrauss.bsky.social We argue for greater transdisciplinary research to develop convivial forms of human-predator #coexistence. It’s #OA and you can read it here ⬇️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Coexistence beyond disciplinary silos: Five dimensions of analysis for more convivial human-predator interactions
Understanding human-predator interactions has been a central goal of conservation for decades, yet many previous efforts have approached this challeng…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
📣 New Paper on #ConvivialConservation in Biological Conservation, brilliantly led by @judithekrauss.bsky.social We argue for greater transdisciplinary research to develop convivial forms of human-predator #coexistence. It’s #OA and you can read it here ⬇️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This was horrible, but I'm afraid we havent seen close to rock bottom yet. If post-truth becomes the norm, nothing is out of limits.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s ambush of South Africa’s president shows how low the US has fallen | Justice Malala
Instead of embarrassing Cyril Ramaphosa, the US president’s ‘gotcha’ moment illuminates the fact-free reality show that is Trump’s America
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This was horrible, but I'm afraid we havent seen close to rock bottom yet. If post-truth becomes the norm, nothing is out of limits.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Koot, S 2025 Book review of Van Beemen, O. Ondernemers in het wild: Het ontluisterende verhaal van een club witte weldoeners in Afrika. J of Political Ecology 32(1). journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu/jpe/ @pollenetwork.bsky.social @brambuscher.bsky.social Book is in Dutch German & French
Journal of Political Ecology
journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu
May 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Koot, S 2025 Book review of Van Beemen, O. Ondernemers in het wild: Het ontluisterende verhaal van een club witte weldoeners in Afrika. J of Political Ecology 32(1). journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu/jpe/ @pollenetwork.bsky.social @brambuscher.bsky.social Book is in Dutch German & French
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New article: Authoritarianism isn’t just chaos—it’s a power reshuffle. Under Bolsonaro, a “new elite” tore down protections, fueling socioecological crises while hiding their own downfall. 🔥🌍 #Brazil #Authoritarianism onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Upsetting the Double Movement? Elite Schisms and Bolsonaro's Brazil in the Context of Global Authoritarian Capitalism
The brazen political antics and mystifying logics accompanying the contemporary rise of authoritarianism have garnered much interest in academic and popular media. A key question is how to make sense...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
New article: Authoritarianism isn’t just chaos—it’s a power reshuffle. Under Bolsonaro, a “new elite” tore down protections, fueling socioecological crises while hiding their own downfall. 🔥🌍 #Brazil #Authoritarianism onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The UN’s new biodiversity deal aims to protect 30% of Earth by 2030—but does it tackle the root causes of nature’s destruction? Without addressing economic expansion, pollution & systemic issues, conservation alone won’t be enough. #Biodiversity #NatureCrisis theconversation.com/biodiversity...
Biodiversity treaty: UN deal fails to address the root causes of nature’s destruction
Global summits to arrest Earth’s deteriorating health look increasingly farcical.
theconversation.com
February 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The UN’s new biodiversity deal aims to protect 30% of Earth by 2030—but does it tackle the root causes of nature’s destruction? Without addressing economic expansion, pollution & systemic issues, conservation alone won’t be enough. #Biodiversity #NatureCrisis theconversation.com/biodiversity...
Right, one of the biggest 'free' market capitalists believes that 'free-market thinking' is under threat and must become the official opinion of his newspaper
Seems Bezos is hellbent on ensuring his newspaper's creed 'democracy dies in darkness' becomes reality.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/f...
Seems Bezos is hellbent on ensuring his newspaper's creed 'democracy dies in darkness' becomes reality.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/f...
Washington Post opinion editor departs as Bezos pushes to promote ‘personal liberties and free markets’
Opinion editor leaves as Amazon executive and newspaper owner says ‘viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others’
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Right, one of the biggest 'free' market capitalists believes that 'free-market thinking' is under threat and must become the official opinion of his newspaper
Seems Bezos is hellbent on ensuring his newspaper's creed 'democracy dies in darkness' becomes reality.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/f...
Seems Bezos is hellbent on ensuring his newspaper's creed 'democracy dies in darkness' becomes reality.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/f...
"Another approach to conservation is needed, one that takes seriously our economic system’s structural pressures, violent socio-ecological realities, cascading extinctions and increasingly authoritarian politics"
We wrote this 5 years ago. Could have been yesterday.
www.jstor.org/stable/26677...
We wrote this 5 years ago. Could have been yesterday.
www.jstor.org/stable/26677...
www.jstor.org
February 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
"Another approach to conservation is needed, one that takes seriously our economic system’s structural pressures, violent socio-ecological realities, cascading extinctions and increasingly authoritarian politics"
We wrote this 5 years ago. Could have been yesterday.
www.jstor.org/stable/26677...
We wrote this 5 years ago. Could have been yesterday.
www.jstor.org/stable/26677...
Of course not. If you deliberately do not address root causes you will never meet your targets.
theconversation.com/biodiversity...
theconversation.com/biodiversity...
February 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Of course not. If you deliberately do not address root causes you will never meet your targets.
theconversation.com/biodiversity...
theconversation.com/biodiversity...
Another 'groundbreaking' conservation approach full of nice-sounding virtue-signals (innovation, livelihoods, prosperit, etc) without going to the roots of the problem
Nothing critical about capitalism, authoritarianism or growth.
What we need is an actual CONVIVIAL conservation revolution.
Nothing critical about capitalism, authoritarianism or growth.
What we need is an actual CONVIVIAL conservation revolution.
🌊 A new study led by Scripps Oceanography marine biologist @octavioaburto.bsky.social introduces #MarineProsperityAreas — a groundbreaking approach to balancing ocean conservation and community livelihoods. Dive into this innovative framework for marine conservation.
scripps.ucsd.edu/news/marine-...
scripps.ucsd.edu/news/marine-...
February 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Another 'groundbreaking' conservation approach full of nice-sounding virtue-signals (innovation, livelihoods, prosperit, etc) without going to the roots of the problem
Nothing critical about capitalism, authoritarianism or growth.
What we need is an actual CONVIVIAL conservation revolution.
Nothing critical about capitalism, authoritarianism or growth.
What we need is an actual CONVIVIAL conservation revolution.
This is so frightening - authoritarian fascism in full frontal attack mode. As prof. Pagel emphasises, we must acknowledge we are in a full-blown democratic crisis, call it out for what it is and fight it with every means possible.
@sierra-deutsch.bsky.social @esthermarijnen.bsky.social
@sierra-deutsch.bsky.social @esthermarijnen.bsky.social
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
February 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This is so frightening - authoritarian fascism in full frontal attack mode. As prof. Pagel emphasises, we must acknowledge we are in a full-blown democratic crisis, call it out for what it is and fight it with every means possible.
@sierra-deutsch.bsky.social @esthermarijnen.bsky.social
@sierra-deutsch.bsky.social @esthermarijnen.bsky.social