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Y Ariadne Collins

Y Ariadne Collins is a Lecturer in the School of International Relations at the University of St. Andrews. Her work lies at the intersection of climate change governance, environmental policy, and international development. Ariadne's first book was published in March 2024 by University of California Press. The book, titled Forests of Refuge: Decolonizing Environmental Governance in the Amazonian Guiana Shield, questions the effectiveness of market-based policies that govern forests in the interest of mitigating climate change. She is currently working on a project titled Towards a Political Ecology of Volume, which investigates the sustainability and equity of governance structures and use practices of the Earth’s commons.