Description
Project (1M) in the six-year research and development program CoCooN (Conflict and Cooperation over Natural resources in developing countries) that ran from 2010 to 2016 and was financed by NWO-WOTRO in the Netherlands.Location: Amsterdam, Amazonian countries (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Suriname)
Main project features: scientific research and policy development in collaboration with local, regional, national and international stakeholders, 18 researchers in six countries, from research institutes and civil society, inter-disciplinary (social sciences, environmental and mining engineering, geology); studies on conflicts over access to gold between local miners and migrants, state agencies, nature conservationists, broadly speaking
Positions held: Director, principal investigator
Activities performed: coordination of research on the socio-economic and environmental conflicts surrounding small scale gold mining in 5 Amazonian countries, putting up network knowledge exchange among stakeholders in Amazonian countries. Research carried out on conflicts of interest between local population, migrants and state representatives with respect to small scale gold mining.
Period | 1 Jan 2011 → 1 Jun 2016 |
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Held at | Social and Cultural Anthropology |
Degree of Recognition | International |
Documents & Links
Related content
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Activities
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Ambiente e sociedade no contexto de garimpo de ouro na Amazonia
Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
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Garimpo de ouro na Amazônia e a inquietação da antropologia engajada
Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
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Suriname International Mining, Energy & Petroleum Conference & Exhibition
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Expert meeting › Societal
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Research output
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Small-Scale Mining and the Routes Travelled by Gold that is Illegally Produced in French Guiana.
Research output: Book / Report › Report › Professional
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Analysing conflicts around small-scale gold mining in the Amazon: The contribution of a multi-temporal model
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review