Bram Büscher
Chair @SDC_WUR & Prof @go2uj
Books:
Environmentalism under digital capitalism: http://truthaboutnature.com
The Conservation Revolution: http://convivialconservation.com
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- I appreciate much of @ipbesfr.bsky.social but this business and biodiversity nonsense goes beyond 'missing the point'. It is simplistic, ineffective & dangerous As long as we continue to talk about 'business' when the issue is 'capitalism', nothing will change. It only creates empty virtue signals
- When you hear business and biodiversity, which of these images resonates most with you, and why? The #BizBiodiversity Assessment explores the many ways economic activities interact with nature and nature’s contributions to people. 📖 More about the report: ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG #IPBES12
- Update on the 2026 PE Spring school: I am extremely pleased that Prof Emma Mawdsley (University of Cambridge) and Prof. Iva Peša (University of Groningen) have agreed to join the spring school as instructors Together with Annah Zhu, Sumit Vij and Erik Swyngedouw, this makes for a stellar line-up!
- Please consider joining our 2026 Political Ecology spring school! Planetary Political Ecologies: Environmental disasters, conflicts and possibilities in & beyond capitalism ▶️ 13-17 April 2026 ▶️ Wageningen With Annah Zhu, Erik Swyngedouw, Sumit Vij & others! wass.crs.wur.nl/courses/deta...
- Reposted by Bram BüscherE finalmente "Conservation Revolution" in Italiano!! :) Importante testo per capire il legame tra Conservazione della biodiversità, il colonialismo, e l'economia Capitalista. Una chiamata verso la convivialità!
- The Conservation Revolution is out in Italian! Conservation revolution. Idee radicali per salvare la natura oltre l'Antropocene (MiMesis) Many thanks to Marco Immovilli, Margherita Cisani, Andrea Zinzani & Giacomo Zanolin for their amazing work! @pollenetwork.bsky.social @versobooks.bsky.social
- Reposted by Bram BüscherWhat do market thinking and centralized governance mean for academic freedom, public values, and the position of the social sciences? In this Letter to the editor, more than a hundred employees of @w-u-r.bsky.social argue for a pause and fundamental reflection. www.resource-online.nl/index.php/20...
- The Conservation Revolution is out in Italian! Conservation revolution. Idee radicali per salvare la natura oltre l'Antropocene (MiMesis) Many thanks to Marco Immovilli, Margherita Cisani, Andrea Zinzani & Giacomo Zanolin for their amazing work! @pollenetwork.bsky.social @versobooks.bsky.social
- Please consider joining our 2026 Political Ecology spring school! Planetary Political Ecologies: Environmental disasters, conflicts and possibilities in & beyond capitalism ▶️ 13-17 April 2026 ▶️ Wageningen With Annah Zhu, Erik Swyngedouw, Sumit Vij & others! wass.crs.wur.nl/courses/deta...
- 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!
- Reposted by Bram Büscher"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/...
- 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!
- Reposted by Bram Büscher#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
- Reposted by Bram BüscherNews 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
- Reposted by Bram Büscher2012 #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...
- Reposted by Bram BüscherWe 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/...
- Reposted by Bram BüscherEen 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
- Reposted by Bram Büscher📣 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...
- Reposted by Bram BüscherKoot, 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
- Reposted by Bram BüscherNew 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/...
- Reposted by Bram BüscherThe 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...
- Rest in Peace James Ferguson. @pollenetwork.bsky.social brambuscher.com/2025/02/21/r...
- "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...
- Of course not. If you deliberately do not address root causes you will never meet your targets. theconversation.com/biodiversity...
- "Almost 200 nations have signed an ambitious agreement to halt and reverse #biodiversity loss but none is on track to meet the crucial goals" theconversation.com/with-just-5-...
- 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.
- 🌊 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-...
- From the paper: "These tools are interlinked with the blue economy and can drive the sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods, and job creation while preserving the health of ocean ecosystems" In other words: business-as-usual.
- Surely well intentioned, but typical of what Catherine Liu calls 'virtue hoarding', "the credentialed elite class that serves capitalism while insisting on its own progressive heroism" One wonders how this can come from the US given the ongoing politics? www.upress.umn.edu/978151791225...
- Convivial conservation goes to the roots of the problem: 1) the capitalist growth economy; 2) the structural alienation of people from the rest of nature Only by directly targeting these can we move beyond virtue signaling to push for a revolutionary alternative www.convivialconservation.com
- 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
- Led by @sierra-deutsch.bsky.social and co-authored with Rob Coates&Laila Sandroni, this paper seems all too prescient right now.. Sierra's apt phrasing of 'brazen political antics and mystifying logics accompanying authoritarianism' are in full display Resisting fascism is more important than ever
- Wondering where all this fascism is coming from? In this new article @brambuscher.bsky.social, Robert Coates, Laila Sandroni & I use Bolsonaro as a case study & look to Karl Polanyi & literature on authoritarian neoliberalism & the elite for some answers. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
- Reposted by Bram BüscherWondering where all this fascism is coming from? In this new article @brambuscher.bsky.social, Robert Coates, Laila Sandroni & I use Bolsonaro as a case study & look to Karl Polanyi & literature on authoritarian neoliberalism & the elite for some answers. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
- Zapiro is very sharp, as usual..
- Reposted by Bram BüscherPOLLEN 2026 will take place in Barcelona next June 💫, and we warmly welcome you all to join us. Stay tuned for updates on exact dates, costs, and scheduling ⌛—details will be available soon on our new website! 🖥️🙂
- Researchers make the case for shift from economic growth to human well-being within planetary limits news.mongabay.com/2025/02/rese...
- Reposted by Bram BüscherColleagues, A decade in the making, I’d like to share with you my new book entitled, 'For the Sake of Forests and God: Governing Life and Livelihood in the Philippine Uplands'. From the Cornell University Press webpage: lnkd.in/ghyuxMKT
- Greenwashing at Elsevier: A political ecology of corporate publishing Important OA article in J. of Political Ecology by Lyall, Ortiz & Billo "The largest science publishing corporations are key partners for the oil, gas, and coal industries" journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu/jpe/article/...
- Great start - hope the @ec.europa.eu will now ban Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok in Europe and we can start to reign in out-of-control post-truth politics. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
- Exactly. Basic income for everyone also means maximum income for everyone - especially such dangerous maniacs as Musk. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Very happy to announce the 2025 Wageningen Political Ecology Spring school (7-11 april): Political Ecologies of the Countryside: agrarian roots, environmental transformations and capitalist conflicts Please spread the word or consider joining! www.wur.nl/en/activity/...
- Reposted by Bram BüscherShoutout and congratulations to the Convivial Conservation Centre and its website, initiated by the untiring @brambuscher.bsky.social and his team! Now featuring a brand new contribution by Reinhard Loske on "The Socioeconomics of Biodiversity", see www.convivialconservation.com/2024/12/13/t...
