abstract for AHE 2026 In Brazil, the emerging discourse of a sociobioeconomy has been promoted as a novel development paradigm capable of supporting Amazonian forest communities while keeping the forest standing. During the era of Chico Mendes and the Kayapó-led resistance of the late 1980s, the defense of living in and from the forest constituted … Continue reading Between Community Autonomy and Green Colonialism: Contested Experience of the Sociobioeconomy in Amazonia