Planning for Ghosts
Marginalized communities are disproportionately impacted by ghost ships, nets, and other harmful marine waste that haunt coastal territories. In a time of growing marine waste, how can we more equitably plan for ghosts?
Muda da Maré (Change of the Tides)
My research in Pernambuco explores how Afro-Brazilian fishing and farming communities navigate (and grieve) changing access to the ocean and mangroves, disappearing marine life, and their increasingly polluted territories.
Lungs of the Earth?
In light of ongoing social and ecological crises in Brazil, fellow members of the Brazil Natural Resource Governance Initiative reflect on pathways to equitable environmental governance.
When Disinformation Makes Sense
Disinformation like the “war on coal” is often used to justify environmental destruction in Central Appalachia, but do communities believe it?