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25.09.2023
Recording now online: Discussion series "Nature conservation and resource exploitation in a (neo-)colonial context"

The industrialisation of the Global North, which has played a significant role in the climate crisis on its current scale, would not have been possible without the (violent) exploitation of the natural resources of the Global South. At the same time, nature conservation was an integral part of the colonial project. The "preservation of nature" in its "wild" state served to secure power and was closely linked to land grabbing, expulsion and oppression.
Both continue to have a massive impact today and continue to shape the local landscapes and European-African relations. The event wants to get to the bottom of this and enter into dialogue on common starting points for the global fight against the climate crisis.