Political Ecologist, interested in IWT, conservation politics and animals. Professor at Sheffield University.
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/politics/people/academic-staff/rosaleen-duffy
Rosaleen Duffy
“Nature for defense” will also come with military and other uniformed personnel presence and activities all associated with their own footprints (camps, vehicle traffic) often at the cost and exclusion of local people and other activities through for example establishment of no-go zones.
Look, I get it, this *sounds* great for defence, security and the environment. But this erases risks entailed in integrating environment & defence. Eg it’s not just re wetting bogs, these schemes also come with military infrastructure that blocks wildlife migration & damages ecosystems
This post is drained of contextual meaning. ‘Unrest’ ‘anti-immigration demonstrations’?
Not really.
Unrest = orchestrated loyalist mob.
& these weren’t ’demonstrations’ they were thugs attempting a racist pogrom, kicking in doors & forcing people out of their homes based on the colour of their skin
Rosaleen Duffy
Look, I get it, this *sounds* great for defence, security and the environment. But this erases risks entailed in integrating environment & defence. Eg it’s not just re wetting bogs, these schemes also come with military infrastructure that blocks wildlife migration & damages ecosystems
Check these out - I have the Dr Who & pronoun pins and they are beautifully crafted ⬇️
Hooray - really pleased to see this report & arguments set out for the need to see climate and biodiversity crises as linked. I’m so often irritated by the idea that climate takes precedence over everything else when the feedback loops between interlocking crises are so obvious. We can do better ⬇️
