Sebastian Luckeneder
@sluckene.bsky.social
Postdoc @sthlmresilience.bsky.social, formerly @ecologicalecon.bsky.social.
Natural resources | ecological economics | development | spatial statistics.
🦕 https://sluckeneder.github.io/
Natural resources | ecological economics | development | spatial statistics.
🦕 https://sluckeneder.github.io/
Super Interview, danke! Einige der Kommentare zeigen anschaulich, wie lost wir sind.
September 25, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Super Interview, danke! Einige der Kommentare zeigen anschaulich, wie lost wir sind.
Huge thanks to @victormaus.bsky.social, Juliana, Tamás and Michael for great collaboration, and everyone who provided feedback along this (long) journey. @ecologicalecon.bsky.social @wuvienna.bsky.social @iiasa.ac.at @uspoficial.bsky.social 9/
July 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Huge thanks to @victormaus.bsky.social, Juliana, Tamás and Michael for great collaboration, and everyone who provided feedback along this (long) journey. @ecologicalecon.bsky.social @wuvienna.bsky.social @iiasa.ac.at @uspoficial.bsky.social 9/
Also striking: both benefits and harms from mining can spill across municipal borders – something often missed in localised assessments. 8/
July 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Also striking: both benefits and harms from mining can spill across municipal borders – something often missed in localised assessments. 8/
When it comes to regional economic growth, industrial mining shows some potential for positive effects, but neither type leads to consistent or lasting GDP growth. In some years, industrial mining is even tied to negative outcomes. 7/
July 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
When it comes to regional economic growth, industrial mining shows some potential for positive effects, but neither type leads to consistent or lasting GDP growth. In some years, industrial mining is even tied to negative outcomes. 7/
We find that garimpo is linked to increased deforestation. In contrast, industrial mining shows no strong link to changes in forest cover. 6/
July 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
We find that garimpo is linked to increased deforestation. In contrast, industrial mining shows no strong link to changes in forest cover. 6/
Our study adds data to the larger debate on the local environmental and socioeconomic costs and benefits of mining. We analysed how both garimpo (informal) and industrial mining are linked to deforestation and economic outcomes – across all Brazilian municipalities. 5/
July 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Our study adds data to the larger debate on the local environmental and socioeconomic costs and benefits of mining. We analysed how both garimpo (informal) and industrial mining are linked to deforestation and economic outcomes – across all Brazilian municipalities. 5/
Do you remember when Amazon mining made global headlines for causing a humanitarian crisis among the Yanomami people? The crisis did not start overnight. It was the outcome of years of resource extraction expanding into Indigenous lands. news.mongabay.com/2023/07/six-... 4/
Six months on, the Yanomami crisis continues amid rising violence
In early April, 35-year-old Indigenous health worker Angelita Prororita Yanomami went missing near Boa Vista, the capital city of the northernmost Brazilian state of Roraima. Two months later, her rem...
news.mongabay.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Do you remember when Amazon mining made global headlines for causing a humanitarian crisis among the Yanomami people? The crisis did not start overnight. It was the outcome of years of resource extraction expanding into Indigenous lands. news.mongabay.com/2023/07/six-... 4/
These policy signals helped pave the way for a massive increase in mining, especially in the Amazon. Many operations are illegal – inside Indigenous lands or protected areas. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 3/
Uncontrolled Illegal Mining and Garimpo in the Brazilian Amazon - Nature Communications
91% of Brazil’s garimpo activity is in the Amazon, where almost 40% of them are five years old or younger. This paper finds in 2022, 77% of the detected garimpos showed explicit signs of illegality.
www.nature.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
These policy signals helped pave the way for a massive increase in mining, especially in the Amazon. Many operations are illegal – inside Indigenous lands or protected areas. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 3/
Remember when Brazilian governments – not just the last one – rolled back environmental protections and paved the way for mining in Indigenous territories, under the banner of “development”? www.cell.com/one-earth/fu... 2/
Proposed Legislation to Mine Brazil's Indigenous Lands Will Threaten Amazon Forests and Their Valuable Ecosystem Services
The impacts of proposed legislation to allow mining within Indigenous Lands in the
Brazilian Amazon could affect a large extent of forests—up to 20% more than the potentially
affected area under curre...
www.cell.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Remember when Brazilian governments – not just the last one – rolled back environmental protections and paved the way for mining in Indigenous territories, under the banner of “development”? www.cell.com/one-earth/fu... 2/
Reposted by Sebastian Luckeneder
5. Wars are easy to start and hard to stop
June 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
5. Wars are easy to start and hard to stop