Krystyna Swiderska

@KrystynaSwider4

Researcher IIED / traditional knowledge / biocultural heritage / food systems

London / Bollington
bioculturalheritage.org
Joined June 2019
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    Jan 26

    Can and regenerative approaches feed the world? Can they help solve ? unpacks these questions and more about with : w/

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    9 Aug 2020

    The recently wrote about the Potato Park biocultural heritage territory and its importance for protecting global food security and biodiversity ➡

    Colourful varieties of potatoes.
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    Jan 21

    🗣 Join our event “Decolonizing Conservation with Mordecai and Fiore” to learn about fortress conservation and its devastating impact on Indigenous communities around the world. 🎟 .

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    Jan 21

    This is a VERY important book - a must read.

    Its published! Get your copy of , Frank Matose and new book "The Violence of Conservation in Africa: State, Militarization and Alternatives" The introduction chapter is Open Access!
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    Jan 22

    Shell's facility that captures CO2 actually emits more than it is capturing. It has the same yearly carbon footprint as 1,2 million gas-powered cars. This is exactly what happens when people in power care more about their reputation and imagery than to actually reduce emissions.

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    🚨 NEW: The industry wants us to think blue hydrogen 🔵 is climate friendly. boast that their plant in Canada 🇨🇦 is helping to tackle the . We show it has the same emissions as a MILLION cars! 🚗
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    Jan 13

    . promised to increase yields/incomes for African farmers, and reduce hunger. It has failed. Yields have not significantly increased. Farmers have taken on debt they can’t pay back. Hunger has increased. So why is it still being funded?

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    Jan 14

    practices in South and South-East Asia have imposed huge costs on Indigenous Peoples. Thanks for covering this issue

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    Jan 16

    Securing the future of food through lessons from the past. Beautiful photo essay of ancestral potato and maize diversity in the Andes. .

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    Jan 11

    📢 Starting 2022 strong! Indigenous Peoples, local communities & their allies launch the Community Land Rights and Conservation Finance Initiative (CLARIFI) – a 🆕 global mechanism to finance community-led action for & . 1/3 📚

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    Jan 9

    Did you know "community" conservancies devastate lives in Northern Kenya? 🤔 Don't miss this event on colonial conservation destroying the lives & livelihoods of ppl. Speakers inc & 🔴 Jan 18, 12pm EST | 5pm UK Register:

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  11. Jan 8

    Hunger in Haiti linked to colonial deforestation and international dedevelopment

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    Jan 2

    Big Tech "is fundamentally colonial in character and dominated by the United States," writes . We are entering an era of digital colonialism, in which this technology is used for the political, economic and social domination of others.

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    Jan 4

    “Our central, civilisational question, I believe, is this: why do nations scramble to rescue the banks but not the planet?” Thanks for such an honest piece. I share your horror. Central question for campaigners - what do we do differently?

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    Jan 4

    🤔TODAY'S FACT Land ownership is highly unequal -- and not because the big landowners worked harder. When some take vastly more than their share, the rest are entitled to compensation. explains an intriguing concept: "Universal rent."

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  15. Jan 4

    Ccongratulations Saleem!

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    28 Dec 2021

    Our most read blog of the last 12 months saw argue how mainstream Western economics is destroying the environment and the knowledge that has conserved nature for millennia. Read the blog & the rest of our top 10 from 2021 -->

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    27 Dec 2021

    And the developed countries couldn't come up with a mere 100 Billion USD they had promised to tackle climate change which is a greater threat to global peace than any local or regional conflict! We are Indeed living in an upside down world!

    Who were the top 10 military spenders in 2020? 1) USA🇺🇸 2) China🇨🇳 3) India🇮🇳 4) Russia🇷🇺 5) UK🇬🇧 6) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦 7) Germany🇩🇪 8) France🇫🇷 9) Japan🇯🇵 10) South Korea🇰🇷 Together they spent $1482 billion, accounting for 75% of global military spending ➡️
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    24 Dec 2021

    "Native American producers have long been left out of the agricultural conversation. Now that regenerative agriculture is trending, these growers show that caring for full ecosystems isn’t a new idea, it’s deeply traditional." ➡️

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    20 Dec 2021

    "The forest and wildlife survive because of the symbiotic relationship most local and Indigenous communities share with other species."

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    23 Dec 2021

    READ: IIED's best of 2021: blogs --> As 2021 draws to a close, we're showcasing some of the content we've published during the last 12 months. In case you missed them, here are our top 10 most-read blogs of the year 👏

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