Extraction

From Extraction to Restoration: Navigating Challenges and Possibilities in Post-Extractive Amazonian Landscapes

By Karla García (LMU München)  Ecuador is one of the many countries deeply entangled in the complexities of extractive systems, where the promise of economic development and Buen Vivir often collide. Emblematic debates—such as the implementation of the Rights of Nature or the referendum to keep oil underground in Yasuní—have drawn scholarly Read more…

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„Nobody works out of love.“ The Healing Force of Amazonian Productivity

By Wolfgang Kapfhammer (LMU München) “Nobody works out of love!” (Ezequiel) „Ninguem trabalha por amor!“  a somewhat frustrated Ezequiel[1] snapped, as we – Ulrike Prinz, an anthropologist and journalist and I – sat amidst the ruins of a place that once has been the flagship of an Indigenous enterprise which commercializes forest products of the Sateré-Mawé, an Indigenous Read more…

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