Commodity Frontiers Initiative

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Exploring the history and present of capitalism, contestation, and ecological transformation in the global countryside. We publish an open access journal twice a year. Read it on www.commodityfrontiers.com

Text: Craig M. Cogut Visiting Professorship in Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Accepting Applications for 2026-2027. The Watson School of International and Public Affairs at Brown University. Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
Fig. 1. A map of Zijin’s and related investments mentioned in this article (Source: the article’s authors).
Oliver Ressler, “Carbon and Captivity”, 4K video, 33 min., 2020. Courtesy of the artist; 
àngels, Barcelona; The Gallery Apart, Rome © Bildrecht, Vienna. https://www.ressler.at/carbon_and_captivity/
Harvesting of oil palm fruits. Photo provided by the author.
Figure 1: Map of NRT Carbon project area within Laikipia, Samburu, Isiolo and Marsabit Counties in Northern Kenya. modified from (Owino et al., forthcoming)
Photo by Mehra Gharibian: Fields of Tulare, CA.
Image titled, in English, “Grand Sight of the Open Working Fushun Colliery. ” In the Japanese text below, there is an additional phrase, “limitless treasure house”, which appeals to the then widely held notion that Fushun’s coal resources were so bountiful as to be essentially inexhaustible. This image comes from a postcard that dates to the early 1930s. [Postcard from the author's collection.]
Source: Notes on the Manufacture of Salt in the Tamluk Agency by H.C. Hamilton, Salt Agent, September 23, 1852, Appendix B, British Parliamentary Papers, vol. 26, 1856.
Kaymoor Coal Mine, South side of New River, upstream of New River Gorge Bridge, Fayetteville, Fayette County, WV. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.