October 21, 2022: Earth System Governance Project 2022 conference in Toronto. Photo by Dave Chan. ESG 2022 took place from 20-24 October at Toronto University, CA. The central theme linking all the presented contributions was "Governing Accelerated Transitions". ESG 2022 hosted over a hundred sections, covering a wide range of topics connected to acceleration and... Continue Reading →
Project update: what are the conservation-development conflicts when it comes to wolves in the Czech countryside?
Last summer I started my research on conservation-development conflicts in the process of returning large carnivores in Europe (namely wolves in the Czech Republic) to the wild. A year later I returned to the field and spent two weeks among farmers in the cultural landscape of the Beskid Mountains area. Preliminary results show social injustices... Continue Reading →
Just Scapes: Participatory workshops addressing just transformations of the European countryside from the perspective of Slovácko, Horňácko, and Valašsko regions
What changes do we see in local landscape and society, and what would we like to happen in the future? How do we ensure that the effects of these changes are just for everyone? The European countryside is undergoing great social and natural changes, including climate change. However, the impacts of these changes affect various... Continue Reading →
Spravedlivá transformace krajiny z pohledu lidí na Slovácku a Valašsku
Naše případová studie, která v rámci projektu Just Scapes v současnosti probíhá na Slovácku a Valašsku, se zaměřuje na průzkum vazeb mezi ochotou lidí přijmout a realizovat transformativní změny v krajině kolem nich a tím, jak vnímají environmentální spravedlnost...
Vznikla česká pracovní skupina sítě POLLEN
POLLEN je globální síť pro politickou ekologii (výzkumnou oblast řešící, jakým způsobem se politické a společenské uspořádání podepisuje na správě přírodního prostředí a zdrojů). Cílem sítě POLLEN je podporovat spolupráci mezi lidmi, kteří se věnují otázkám politické ekologie, zprostředkovávat výměnu zkušeností a propagovat význam politické ekologie po celém světě mezi akademiky i dalšími skupinami. Činnost... Continue Reading →
Just landscape transformation in the perspective of people from Slovácko (Moravian Slovakia) and Valašsko (Moravian Wallachia) regions
Our current case study within the Just Scapes project (see https://sustainablecz.org/2021/05/03/launching-the-just-scapes-project/) in Slovácko and Valašsko regions focuses on exploring the relationship between people’s willingness to accept and implement transformative changes in landscapes around them and their perception of environmental justice of these changes. In particular, we are interested in landscape changes related to climate change adaptation and tree cover in agricultural landscapes (alleys,... Continue Reading →