George Holmes

@_GeorgeHolmes

Professor of Conservation and Society at University of Leeds. Biodiversity, protected areas, geography, social impacts of conservation, political ecology, stuff

Leeds

Joined March 2015

George Holmes
@_GeorgeHolmes
Jul 30, 2025
Academic and scientific freedom and censorship are critical issues in biodiversity and conservation research, in all disciplines, but it is rarely discussed. Please share experiences of academic and scientific freedom, and constraints on it in our survey app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/leeds/academ…
George Holmes
@_GeorgeHolmes
Jul 31, 2024
Lectureship in Critical Human Geography with my colleagues over in @SoGLeeds
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George Holmes
@_GeorgeHolmes
Jun 10, 2024
#pollen24 @YolandaAriadne - in Guyana and Suriname, the colonial legacy on environmental governance is strong. If we are to decolonise, we need to decentre the state, and maybe the answer lies with re-engaging with pre-colonial and maroon ideas of the environment
George Holmes
@_GeorgeHolmes
Jun 10, 2024
#POLLEN24 Benjamin Neimark raises the crucial question of labour relations in conservation and the green transition - who is doing the actual work on the ground, under what conditions, the precarity, risks and opportunities. The conservation working class.
George Holmes
@_GeorgeHolmes
Jun 10, 2024
#POLLEN24 session on 'invisibility' in conservation reminds us on how many experiences of animals are fleeting, ephemeral, temporary yet leave a lasting political impact. e.g. predators move in, kill, move out yet leave livestock losses and angry people.