Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Invasive species management has very little to do with ecology and everything to do with economics.
Which is exactly why some introduced species, like 'cattle', are not treated as invasive while anything that harms it is.
That's what activist and writer, Clare Follmann, uncovered in her book 'Scapegoat: What the Invasive Species Story Gets Wrong.'
She joins me to explain how "invasive" species have been blamed for creating the conditions of environmental degradation — conditions that have actually been caused by capitalism, extraction and colonialism.
Full episode: PlanetCritical.com
Invasive species management has very little to do with ecology and everything to do with economics.
Which is exactly why some introduced species, like 'cattle', are not treated as invasive while anything that harms it is.
That's what activist and writer, Clare Follmann, uncovered in her book 'Scapegoat: What the Invasive Species Story Gets Wrong.'
She joins me to explain how "invasive" species have been blamed for creating the conditions of environmental degradation — conditions that have actually been caused by capitalism, extraction and colonialism.
Full episode: PlanetCritical.com
