📢Call for Abstracts📢 Two-day workshop aiming to develop an #interdisciplinary discussion about the epistemologies & practices of scale Scholars from ANY discipline are invited to submit by 3rd Nov 2025 📅23-24 Feb 2026 📍Bristol, UK 🌐 bit.ly/438ddgt #CallforAbstracts #CallforPapers

🎉Congratulations to Rayane Pacheco, postdoctoral researcher on the Infracursions project, who has been featured in the Brazilian media as a 'scholar to watch' - newspaper Estadão profiles scholars leading discussions on critical topics such as sustainability. Read the full profile ➡️ bit.ly/3IBwHmH

An overwhelming majority of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is unauthorized (illegal). A data-driven report from August/2023 to July/2024, cross-referencing deforestation with clearing permits, confirms this heartbreaking reality. Read more below ⬇️ #AmazonDeforestation #LawEnforcement

Brazil is the world's largest beef exporter with >40% of cattle raised in the Amazon. Large areas of rainforest are cleaned for pasture - often illegally. This fascinating article shows how "cattle laundering" allows beef from illegal farms to enter global markets undetected ⬇️ #AmazonDeforestation

📢Applications closing soon📢 The INFRACURSIONS project at the University of Bristol is hiring two Postdoctoral Research Associates (PDRA) to undertake research on resource extraction in South America. Closing date: 2 May #postdoc #postdocjob #researchjob #academicjobs #Amazonia Info & apply here ⬇️

📢New #Postdoc Opportunities📢 The INFRACURSIONS project at the University of Bristol is hiring TWO Postdoctoral Research Associates to undertake research on resource extraction in South America Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/3DHtsYt #Amazonia #deforestation #academicjobs #postdocjob #researchjob #vacancy

🎧New Podcast ➡️ Listen to INFRACURSIONS group lead @amypenfield.bsky.social discuss interdisciplinary approaches to conservation with Filipe França and Lucas Alencar on the latest GDI podcast bit.ly/3Xmk433

❔Why are we researching small-scale, hidden activities in the Amazon? ❔What are the impacts of small-scale logging, mining, & land grabbing on deforestation? ❔What do we mean by 3D research & what approaches will we take? Watch this video about INFRACURSIONS to find out ➡️ youtu.be/JSAROaKIoyg?...

We're working to understand deregulated economies in the Amazon🌳 & we would really value your input! If you are part of an organisation working in the Amazon, we'd appreciate if you could complete & share this short survey📝 ➡️ bit.ly/3ERITOd #infracursions #amazonia