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Ariadne Collins
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Lecturer/Assistant Prof, IR, University of St. Andrews: Working on Forests, Conservation, Colonialism, Climate Change. Views my own
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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.

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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
Calling all scholars with expertise in the Middle East and Africa! Interested in joining us at the School of International Relations at St Andrews? If so, check out these (permanent) posts: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
Lecturer - AC2593DD
Lecturer - AC2593DD, School of International Relations, Salary: £46,735 - £57,422 per annum, Start Date: 1 September 2025 , <p style="text-align: justify;">We wish to appoint two (2) Lecturers within...
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April 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
As the search for #criticalminerals ramps up, mining is expanding further beyond the Earth's surface. Read about how mining builds on colonial governance strategies and reshapes Amazon, deep-sea, and outer space environments in our latest paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #MineTheVolume
March 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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(Late post) Forests of Refuge was now officially out in the world! Forests of Refuge questions the effectiveness of market-based policies that govern forests in the interest of mitigating climate change.
May 2, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Thank you for this careful and thoughtful review of my book @darmenteras.bsky.social. Made my week! journals.lww.com/coas/fulltex...
Forests of Refuge: Decolonizing Environmental Governance in ... : Conservation and Society
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November 18, 2024 at 2:27 PM
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"Until the power structure that disadvantages Indigenous and other historically marginalised groups changes, the negative effects of developing technologies to “save” the planet will continue to disproportionately burden these groups"
As renewable energy demand rises, mining for minerals in the Amazon is at a critical point
Mining operations can damage both communities and the natural world. Yet, the demand for critical minerals to supply the renewable energy industry is rising.
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September 11, 2024 at 11:04 AM
My new paper with Rob Fletcher, titled 'From Green to Black: A Voluminous Political Ecology of the Extraction–Conservation Nexus' was just published in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers! Check it out open access here: t.co/XrxAFg63Vj
May 29, 2024 at 4:16 PM
(Late post) Forests of Refuge was now officially out in the world! Forests of Refuge questions the effectiveness of market-based policies that govern forests in the interest of mitigating climate change.
May 2, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Starting off the new year with a new publication! My article in Political Geography Journal asks, ‘how are roughly five centuries of colonial history in the Guiana Shield (especially Guyana and Suriname) impacting water availability on the other side of the South American continent?’
January 8, 2024 at 1:18 PM
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My wonderful colleague Ariadne Collins is now here. Follow her @yolandaariadne.bsky.social for postcolonial environmental research.

She has a new book coming out: "Forests of Refuge: Decolonizing Environmental Governance" Polisky 👇

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Forests of Refuge
Forests of Refuge questions the effectiveness of market-based policies that govern forests in the interest of mitigating climate change. Yolanda Ariadne Collins interrogates the most ambitious global ...
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October 20, 2023 at 1:34 PM