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ispartof: Mo.be status: published

Abstract: The decision of the indigenous Batwa to reoccupy parts of eastern DRC’s Kahuzi-Biega National Park by force shocked many outside observers. They were further shocked when the Batwa started to ally with rebel groups, traders, and illegal timber cutters in order to exploit part of the ancestral forest they had been forced to leave decades prior. In a recently-published article in the Journal of Peasant Studies, Fergus Simpson and Sara Geenen show why the Batwa’s decision to return to the park should in fact come as anything but a surprise.

ik kijk niet alleen uit naar een eerste terras of naar de uitnodiging om eindelijk gevaccineerd te worden. Ik kijk minstens even hard uit naar voorstellen voor een wereld na corona', schrijft socioloog Dirk Geldof. ispartof: Knack Magazine status: published

Geloof jij dat bijvoorbeeld mensen met een diepe verstandelijke beperking jou kunnen vertellen wat zij denken en voelen? Onderzoeker Leni Van Goidsenhoven toont met het boek en de tentoonstelling ‘Ongehoord’ hoe kwetsbare mensen via dans, theater, poëzie of eenvoudigweg schommelen, kijken naar zichzelf en hun omgeving. status: published

ispartof: Knack Magazine status: published

Abstract: On January 1, 2021, the European Conflict Minerals Act came into force. It aims to regulate the trade in four minerals—tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold, also known as 3TG—that are often sourced from conflict-affected countries where the profits may allow armed groups to finance their activities. The regulation aims to break the link between minerals and conflict by ensuring that European Union (EU)-based companies only import minerals from conflict-free sources. If companies import minerals from conflict regions, the law requires them to report where the minerals were mined, the location of processing and trade, and the taxes and fees that were paid. The legislation is expected to discourage 3TG importers from sourcing from artisanal mining sites in countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) either because they are associated with conflict, or because they are too informally organized to meet the reporting obligations. If that happens, this conflict minerals legislation will shoot at the wrong target. Again