George participates in a practitioners event centered on restorative justice in ecosystem restoration hosted in Cambridge by the Fauna & Flora International between 13th -14th of July 2026.
This dialogue explores how restorative justice can help address environmental harm and strengthen ecosystem restoration. Environmental crimes such as illegal logging, mining, wildlife trafficking and pollution damage not only ecosystems but also trust, livelihoods and community relationships that restoration depends on. Bringing together conservation practitioners, criminologists, legal experts and restoration specialists, the session will examine practical ways restorative justice can repair harm, restore relationships and support more inclusive, enduring restoration outcomes. It will explore when this approach is appropriate, its limitations, and how it might inform practical guidance for practitioners.
George’s talk will unpack the social and environmental harms, crimes and experiences of injustice associated with illegal logging and forest extraction within the recent boom of the conservation frontier in the Carpathian Mountains. The talk will build on his recent publication Environmental Injustice in the Political Forests of Romania, available open access here.
This project is supported by the Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme, managed by the Cambridge
Conservation Initiative in partnership with Arcadia.
