Een waterkrachtcentrale in Congo was bedoeld om groene stroom te brengen naar lokale gemeenschappen. Bij gebrek aan afnemers is een Franse cryptocowboy ingeschakeld, en voedt de centrale nu zijn bitcoinmijn. En Brussel ziet het als een succesverhaal.

In Congo’s Virunga rainforest, millions in EU development funds were spent over a decade to reduce poverty and bring electricity to thousands of households. In the absence of buyers, Belgian Prince Emmanuel de Merode called in a French cypto cowboy, a hydroplant now powers his bitcoin mine.

Timmermans noemt de AI-tweet vol nazi-beeldtaal van Wilders terecht ‘nazi-propaganda’.

Tim de Wit: ‘Heftige typering. Bent u niet bang dat Wilders u wegzet als radicaal?’

Who cares wat Wilders vindt?! Het ís nazi-beeldtaal. Waarom gaat het niet over het echte schandaal?

in Bologna for #EISAPEC25. Join our section on Friday 'Green(ing) War: Military Build-up, Warfare and Socio-Environmental Wounds' with in total 4 panels - organised together with @nicosananes.bsky.social Benjamin Neimark and Corinne Lamain

NO CONFERENCING AS USUAL DURING GENOCIDE
Please read and spread the following message as we gather in Bologna this week #EISAPEC25

🚨 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!

New article🚨 Demilitarizing Conservation
A labour of love w L Lunstrum @ashavin.bsky.social A Dutta @esthermarijnen.bsky.social T Mushonga F Matose

For a more robustly care-full conservation
Demilitarization based on ethics/politics of care/nonviolence @pollenetwork.bsky.social

shorturl.at/Wsl9m

Israel has pledged to annihilate the Palestinians of Gaza so what exactly are you saying here?

POLLEN 2026 is happening in Barcelona 🌅

The call for panels is open and closes on July 31st.

See here for more information: tinyurl.com/5b8c5w7j

Spread the word.

Job announcment: post-doc at Newcastle on the War & Geos project (warandgeos.co.uk). Please share and email me with questions!

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNU169/p...

This is happening today. Please join if you are in Wageningen!

Uitstekende onderbouwing; (extreem)rechts gebruikt dit om de aandacht af te leiden van hun eigen medeplichtigheid aan genocide & andere mensenrechtenschendingen door 🇮🇱. Wat het nog kwalijker maakt, is dat de parlementaire pers deze spin kritiekloos blijft herhalen. Solidair met @katipiri.bsky.social

Join us 30th of June in Wageningen for a book presentation and roundtable discussion on Mnemonic Ecologies and conservation in Wounded Landscapes at Green Frontiers with Sonja Pieck, @georgeiorda.bsky.social David Mwambari, and Dat Nguyen. See, centreforspaceplacesociety.com/2025/06/16/b...

New article in Osiris, entitled 'Flying Rhinos', in which I follow two northern white rhinoceroses to discuss the entanglement of mid-twentieth century zoo conservation, colonialism and celebrity culture: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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

Aangezien Wageningen @w-u-r.bsky.social niet eens haar eigen institutionele samenwerkingen ethisch wil toetsen - en is daarmee 1 van de 2 NL uni's die dat niet doen. Terwijl alle andere universiteiten dat wel doen - zijn wij genoodzaakt dit zelf te doen

Prince Emmanuel de Merode says he’s protecting both wildlife and people in a nature reserve in Congo. But locals and experts say Virunga National Park is fuelling violence instead with rangers accused of killings and rape. Still, the EU released another €80 million this year for a ‘green corridor.’

Wilde dieren én mensen beschermen in het oosten van Congo – dat zegt prins Emmanuel de Merode te doen. Maar volgens bewoners en experts wakkert het park Virunga juist geweld en instabiliteit aan. Toch maakte de EU begin dit jaar nog eens 80 miljoen euro vrij voor een ‘groene corridor’.

Mining companies are astute at sensing which way the political wind is blowing and adapting their pitch accordingly.
Last year, warning we didn't have enough copper to stop climate change.
This year, we don't have enough copper to wage war:
www.ft.com/content/6a72...

I learned a lot from yesterday‘s book talk about African Parks and the militarisation of conversation www.peaceandconflict.uni-bayreuth.de/en/news/2025.... Thanks @esthermarijnen.bsky.social for great comments! I recommend reading on here:

📣Special 'Art and Science' edition of the Soil Science cluster seminar: Sherii Sydorenko working at the SLM group entlitled "Wildfires of war". Anika Schwarzlose and Katja Verheul two artists that will present about " Clearing - War as maintenance".

When: 4th June 2025, 15:30-16:30
Where: Lumen 1✨

New publication via @politicalgeography.bsky.social 📜

How did the century’s deadliest war become invisible?

In this article, I provide a detailed analysis of the tactics & strategies the Ethiopian regime & allies used to commit & conceal #TigrayGenocide.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Thank you Rosaleen! It is now finally Open Access ; academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...