Armando Caroca
@armandocaroca.bsky.social
PhD at the Global Development Institute, U. of Manchester, and MSc Urban Design & Development, University College London. Currently researching the political ecology of mining wastelands and territories of sacrifice.
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Em novo artigo em português, explico a relação entre as várias zonas de sacrifício na América Latina e a lógica crescentista desenvolvimentista que, mesmo dizendo buscar superar as amarras do mega-extrativismo, promove uma economia negacionista dos limites planetários.
As crescentes zonas de sacrifício na América Latina | Revista Rosa 12
revistarosa.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Em novo artigo em português, explico a relação entre as várias zonas de sacrifício na América Latina e a lógica crescentista desenvolvimentista que, mesmo dizendo buscar superar as amarras do mega-extrativismo, promove uma economia negacionista dos limites planetários.
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Protesters lay outside the #COP30 climate summit in Brazil covered in white sheets, to call attention to the deaths of activists and journalists killed while "defending land, territories and natural resources."
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Protesters lay outside the #COP30 climate summit in Brazil covered in white sheets, to call attention to the deaths of activists and journalists killed while "defending land, territories and natural resources."
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10 years ago today, Brazil suffered the worst environmental crime in its history.
On this poignant anniversary, we’re honoured to share an exhibition of photos by Rebeca Binda, taken in the wake of the devastating dam failure: londonminingnetwork.org/2025/11/phot...
Exhibition open until 8 Dec.
On this poignant anniversary, we’re honoured to share an exhibition of photos by Rebeca Binda, taken in the wake of the devastating dam failure: londonminingnetwork.org/2025/11/phot...
Exhibition open until 8 Dec.
Photo exhibition: 10 Years of Brazil’s Worst Environmental Crime - London Mining Network
London Mining Network - Holding the Mining Industry to Account
londonminingnetwork.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
10 years ago today, Brazil suffered the worst environmental crime in its history.
On this poignant anniversary, we’re honoured to share an exhibition of photos by Rebeca Binda, taken in the wake of the devastating dam failure: londonminingnetwork.org/2025/11/phot...
Exhibition open until 8 Dec.
On this poignant anniversary, we’re honoured to share an exhibition of photos by Rebeca Binda, taken in the wake of the devastating dam failure: londonminingnetwork.org/2025/11/phot...
Exhibition open until 8 Dec.
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On Monday join us at LSE or online to hear about life in the world’s most polluted town - Kabwe Zambia - the origin and impact of the lead pollution, why it’s a corporate problem & the road to justice, eg the class-action
We'll launch our report with Environment Africa, RAID & London Mining Network
We'll launch our report with Environment Africa, RAID & London Mining Network
October 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
On Monday join us at LSE or online to hear about life in the world’s most polluted town - Kabwe Zambia - the origin and impact of the lead pollution, why it’s a corporate problem & the road to justice, eg the class-action
We'll launch our report with Environment Africa, RAID & London Mining Network
We'll launch our report with Environment Africa, RAID & London Mining Network
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And this is why we should keep doing this work: bsky.app/profile/koja...
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
And this is why we should keep doing this work: bsky.app/profile/koja...
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“We’re living in a sacrifice zone. Anglo American has polluted the water and the air we breathe.”
Glad to see this article published and shining a light on how Anglo American's mining operations are impacting the communities we work with in Chile 👇
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Glad to see this article published and shining a light on how Anglo American's mining operations are impacting the communities we work with in Chile 👇
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Illness, animal deaths and water shortages: life inside Chile’s polluted ‘sacrifice zones’
Allegations of environmental breaches dog Anglo American’s mining operations. Now the company has been given the go-ahead for plans that communities say risk disaster
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
“We’re living in a sacrifice zone. Anglo American has polluted the water and the air we breathe.”
Glad to see this article published and shining a light on how Anglo American's mining operations are impacting the communities we work with in Chile 👇
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Glad to see this article published and shining a light on how Anglo American's mining operations are impacting the communities we work with in Chile 👇
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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In many ways this was inevitable - there are a few easy wins (increasingly cheap solar & wind) but generally dealing with climate change was always going to require tough decisions which politicians don't want to sell to electorates that should know better ...
Politicians now talk of climate ‘pragmatism’ to delay action – new study theconversation.com/politicians-...
Politicians now talk of climate ‘pragmatism’ to delay action – new study
Politicians talk about being pragmatic on climate change to avoid hard decisions.
theconversation.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
In many ways this was inevitable - there are a few easy wins (increasingly cheap solar & wind) but generally dealing with climate change was always going to require tough decisions which politicians don't want to sell to electorates that should know better ...
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The scientific consensus is clear on the causes of global heating. So why does the Science Museum continue to accept sponsorship from fossil fuel companies?
Join our webinar to learn about the growing movement to boycott the Science Museum until it ends toxic sponsorship 👇
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join our webinar to learn about the growing movement to boycott the Science Museum until it ends toxic sponsorship 👇
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The scientific consensus is clear on the causes of global heating. So why does the Science Museum continue to accept sponsorship from fossil fuel companies?
Join our webinar to learn about the growing movement to boycott the Science Museum until it ends toxic sponsorship 👇
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join our webinar to learn about the growing movement to boycott the Science Museum until it ends toxic sponsorship 👇
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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A hybrid lecture on Mon 15 Sep will focus on understanding the links between urban and infrastructural transformation and destruction in the face of the ongoing genocide in Palestine.
The session will feature presentations from Prof Haim Yacobi (UCL) and Chloé Chbat (UoM)
Register: bit.ly/46fwX2M
The session will feature presentations from Prof Haim Yacobi (UCL) and Chloé Chbat (UoM)
Register: bit.ly/46fwX2M
September 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
A hybrid lecture on Mon 15 Sep will focus on understanding the links between urban and infrastructural transformation and destruction in the face of the ongoing genocide in Palestine.
The session will feature presentations from Prof Haim Yacobi (UCL) and Chloé Chbat (UoM)
Register: bit.ly/46fwX2M
The session will feature presentations from Prof Haim Yacobi (UCL) and Chloé Chbat (UoM)
Register: bit.ly/46fwX2M
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Registration now open for the @gdi-students-4-pal.bsky.social conference on 'Palestine & Social Justice'.
🗓️ Conference date: Fri 17 October 2025
📍 Venue: Hybrid (University of Manchester/online)
🎟️ Free registration | Limited seats
🗓️ Register by: 28 September 2025
👉 Register: lnkd.in/eqVnvzFA
🗓️ Conference date: Fri 17 October 2025
📍 Venue: Hybrid (University of Manchester/online)
🎟️ Free registration | Limited seats
🗓️ Register by: 28 September 2025
👉 Register: lnkd.in/eqVnvzFA
September 10, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Registration now open for the @gdi-students-4-pal.bsky.social conference on 'Palestine & Social Justice'.
🗓️ Conference date: Fri 17 October 2025
📍 Venue: Hybrid (University of Manchester/online)
🎟️ Free registration | Limited seats
🗓️ Register by: 28 September 2025
👉 Register: lnkd.in/eqVnvzFA
🗓️ Conference date: Fri 17 October 2025
📍 Venue: Hybrid (University of Manchester/online)
🎟️ Free registration | Limited seats
🗓️ Register by: 28 September 2025
👉 Register: lnkd.in/eqVnvzFA
NEXT MONDAY, 2 pm UK!:
"Settler Colonial Urbanism(s) and Infrastructural Changes in Palestine", organsied by the GDI Students for Palestine, and the "Global Urban Futures" and "Resource, Environment and Development" at GDI.
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Info:
events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...
"Settler Colonial Urbanism(s) and Infrastructural Changes in Palestine", organsied by the GDI Students for Palestine, and the "Global Urban Futures" and "Resource, Environment and Development" at GDI.
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Info:
events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...
September 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
NEXT MONDAY, 2 pm UK!:
"Settler Colonial Urbanism(s) and Infrastructural Changes in Palestine", organsied by the GDI Students for Palestine, and the "Global Urban Futures" and "Resource, Environment and Development" at GDI.
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Info:
events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...
"Settler Colonial Urbanism(s) and Infrastructural Changes in Palestine", organsied by the GDI Students for Palestine, and the "Global Urban Futures" and "Resource, Environment and Development" at GDI.
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Info:
events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...
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Today on our site we have "Yellowknife’s Giant Mine: Canada downplayed arsenic exposure as an Indigenous community was poisoned" by @arnkeeling.bsky.social and John Sandlos
niche-canada.org/2025/09/03/y...
#envhist #mininghistory #cdnhist #indigenoushistory
niche-canada.org/2025/09/03/y...
#envhist #mininghistory #cdnhist #indigenoushistory
September 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Today on our site we have "Yellowknife’s Giant Mine: Canada downplayed arsenic exposure as an Indigenous community was poisoned" by @arnkeeling.bsky.social and John Sandlos
niche-canada.org/2025/09/03/y...
#envhist #mininghistory #cdnhist #indigenoushistory
niche-canada.org/2025/09/03/y...
#envhist #mininghistory #cdnhist #indigenoushistory
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excited to share the call for the workshop
EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION
happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025,
made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social
deadline: 10 September!
full call below ⤵
#envhist #envhum
EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION
happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025,
made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social
deadline: 10 September!
full call below ⤵
#envhist #envhum
August 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
excited to share the call for the workshop
EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION
happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025,
made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social
deadline: 10 September!
full call below ⤵
#envhist #envhum
EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION
happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025,
made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social
deadline: 10 September!
full call below ⤵
#envhist #envhum
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I’m in @financialtimes.com on Trump’s recent move to make the Pentagon the top shareholder in the US only rare earths mine. This is the “worst of all worlds” resource nationalism: a toxic mix of environmental harm, militarism, Big Tech, financial de-risking, and asset appreciation. Link below ⬇️
September 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I’m in @financialtimes.com on Trump’s recent move to make the Pentagon the top shareholder in the US only rare earths mine. This is the “worst of all worlds” resource nationalism: a toxic mix of environmental harm, militarism, Big Tech, financial de-risking, and asset appreciation. Link below ⬇️
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‼️ EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism will be out in the UK with Icon Books on 25 September ‼️
September 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
‼️ EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism will be out in the UK with Icon Books on 25 September ‼️
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A Chinese-owned mining company has been accused of covering up the extent of a disastrous toxic spill in Zambia that polluted a major river that millions rely on with cyanide and arsenic.
A Chinese mining company is accused of covering up the extent of a major toxic spill in Zambia
A Chinese-owned mining company has been accused of covering up the extent of a disastrous toxic spill in Zambia that polluted a major river that millions rely on with cyanide and arsenic.
bit.ly
September 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A Chinese-owned mining company has been accused of covering up the extent of a disastrous toxic spill in Zambia that polluted a major river that millions rely on with cyanide and arsenic.
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Today is the final day of this year’s Annual Conference! ⬇️
Our agenda focuses on our shared futures, energy justice, displacement and migration, geographies of loneliness, coastal geographies, and much more. Check the agenda for our last day: bit.ly/45WpHtm #RGSIBG25
Our agenda focuses on our shared futures, energy justice, displacement and migration, geographies of loneliness, coastal geographies, and much more. Check the agenda for our last day: bit.ly/45WpHtm #RGSIBG25
August 29, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Today is the final day of this year’s Annual Conference! ⬇️
Our agenda focuses on our shared futures, energy justice, displacement and migration, geographies of loneliness, coastal geographies, and much more. Check the agenda for our last day: bit.ly/45WpHtm #RGSIBG25
Our agenda focuses on our shared futures, energy justice, displacement and migration, geographies of loneliness, coastal geographies, and much more. Check the agenda for our last day: bit.ly/45WpHtm #RGSIBG25
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📢 Just 10 days left! Join the 4-part #TeachIn series on Palestine & Habitat 🏠🌍
🗓️ Dates:
30 July | 13 Aug | 27 Aug | 10 Sept
🕓 16:00–18:00 SAST
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Palestine-Te...
Let’s reflect, learn & act in solidarity.
#Palestine #LandRights #HousingJustice #HIC
🗓️ Dates:
30 July | 13 Aug | 27 Aug | 10 Sept
🕓 16:00–18:00 SAST
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Palestine-Te...
Let’s reflect, learn & act in solidarity.
#Palestine #LandRights #HousingJustice #HIC
July 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
📢 Just 10 days left! Join the 4-part #TeachIn series on Palestine & Habitat 🏠🌍
🗓️ Dates:
30 July | 13 Aug | 27 Aug | 10 Sept
🕓 16:00–18:00 SAST
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Palestine-Te...
Let’s reflect, learn & act in solidarity.
#Palestine #LandRights #HousingJustice #HIC
🗓️ Dates:
30 July | 13 Aug | 27 Aug | 10 Sept
🕓 16:00–18:00 SAST
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Palestine-Te...
Let’s reflect, learn & act in solidarity.
#Palestine #LandRights #HousingJustice #HIC
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The government has approved a vast new data centre on protected green belt land
Despite there being no environmental impact assessment
And despite the local authority rejecting the development as inappropriate
Remind me again how AI will help us conserve nature?
Despite there being no environmental impact assessment
And despite the local authority rejecting the development as inappropriate
Remind me again how AI will help us conserve nature?
Labour’s £1bn green belt land grab will power “chatbots and deepfakes”
Outrage as Rayner approves 18-metre-high digital fortress on protected land—without a single environmental study
www.ourfairfuture.org
August 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The government has approved a vast new data centre on protected green belt land
Despite there being no environmental impact assessment
And despite the local authority rejecting the development as inappropriate
Remind me again how AI will help us conserve nature?
Despite there being no environmental impact assessment
And despite the local authority rejecting the development as inappropriate
Remind me again how AI will help us conserve nature?
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“US metal mines already have sufficient mineral endowment to substantially reduce the nation’s mineral [deficit]. Unrecovered, these byproducts contribute to the country’s growing industrial waste.”
www.ft.com/content/29cd...
www.ft.com/content/29cd...
US could meet critical minerals needs from mining waste, study finds
China dominates production of crucial materials as other nations push to shore up their supplies
www.ft.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
“US metal mines already have sufficient mineral endowment to substantially reduce the nation’s mineral [deficit]. Unrecovered, these byproducts contribute to the country’s growing industrial waste.”
www.ft.com/content/29cd...
www.ft.com/content/29cd...
This is kind of a random question, but does anyone here go to the RGS conference in Birmingham? I think I don't know anyone who is! 🤔
August 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
This is kind of a random question, but does anyone here go to the RGS conference in Birmingham? I think I don't know anyone who is! 🤔
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Junto a Evelyn Arriagada y América Valenzuela estamos organizando este simposio para el 12° Congreso Chileno de Antropología: "Perspectivas situadas de las transformaciones territoriales en contextos (neo)extractivistas"
August 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Junto a Evelyn Arriagada y América Valenzuela estamos organizando este simposio para el 12° Congreso Chileno de Antropología: "Perspectivas situadas de las transformaciones territoriales en contextos (neo)extractivistas"
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The UK government will evacuate nine of the 40+ students in Gaza with scholarship at UK universities. My PhD student Shaimaa isn't included. We must now make sure they help the other students - email your MP today. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK to evacuate nine Gaza students with university scholarships
Move follows months of pressure from MPs, academics and campaigners, with dozens of other students still stranded
www.theguardian.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The UK government will evacuate nine of the 40+ students in Gaza with scholarship at UK universities. My PhD student Shaimaa isn't included. We must now make sure they help the other students - email your MP today. www.theguardian.com/education/20...