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Between Community Autonomy and Green Colonialism: Contested Experience of the Sociobioeconomy in Amazonia
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…
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the sociobioeconomy or the new green colonialism
a working proposal narrative for AHE 2026 In recent years the discourse of a “sociobioeconomy” has taken hold amongst academic and policy circles in Brazil to outline a special vision of sustainable development for forest communities. In conducting interviews with stakeholders, we asked, of what of the governance of such a program? does it empower…
Robert Davenport 