Markus Kröger
markuskroger.bsky.social
Markus Kröger
@markuskroger.bsky.social
Professor of Global Development Studies, University of Helsinki. Research on the BRICS, natural resource politics, forestry, mining, agriculture, climate etc
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New book: Clearcut: Political Economies of Deforestation www.cambridge.org/fi/universit...
Offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary analysis of the places, methods, reasons for, and timing of, deforestation
-Assesses the distinct contexts, politics, and policies which influence extractivist sectors
Clearcut | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
www.cambridge.org
Land-grabbing mafias and dispossession in the Brazilian Amazon: rural–urban land speculation and deforestation in the Santarém region www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Land-grabbing mafias and dispossession in the Brazilian Amazon: rural–urban land speculation and deforestation in the Santarém region
This article explores the ways that illegal land grabbing has taken place in contemporary Brazil since 2003. The findings suggest that much more attention needs to be paid to the various forms of v...
www.tandfonline.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Clearcut Book Launch!
youtu.be/jjj17DzxYKY?....
Larry Lohmann and I explore regionally dominant political economies & how we understand extractive sectors
Clearcut Book Launch
YouTube video by EXALT Helsinki
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December 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
What path dependencies determine if a forest is Clearcut? (Clearcut book discussion)

EXALT Podcast, links below for listening:

Apple - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

Spotify - open.spotify.com/show/4y9LgeP...

@helsinki.fi @helsus.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org
Markus Kröger - What path dependencies determine if a forest is Clearcut? (Clearcut book discussion)
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October 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
New book: Clearcut: Political Economies of Deforestation www.cambridge.org/fi/universit...
Offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary analysis of the places, methods, reasons for, and timing of, deforestation
-Assesses the distinct contexts, politics, and policies which influence extractivist sectors
Clearcut | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
www.cambridge.org
October 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Reposted by Markus Kröger
Oletko miettinyt, miksi Amazon palaa?

Haastattelimme Helsingin yliopiston globaalin kehitystutkimuksen professoria @markuskroger.bsky.social Amazonin sademetsän tuhoutumisen syistä. 👇
September 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
New book coming out soon! Clearcut: Political Economies of Deforestation. @helsinki.fi

www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
April 15, 2025 at 7:18 AM