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Ecology, the field of biology devoted to the study of organisms and their natural environments, needs to account for the historical legacy of colonialism that has shaped people and the natural world, researchers argued in a new perspective in the journal
Nature Ecology & Evolution.
To make ecology more inclusive of the world s diverse people and cultures living in diverse ecosystems, researchers from University of Cape Town, North West University in South Africa and North Carolina State University proposed five strategies to untangle the impacts of colonialism on research and thinking in the field today. There are significant biases in our understanding of ecology and ecosystems because of this colonial framework of thinking, said perspective co-author Madhusudan Katti, associate professor for leadership in public science, and forestry and environmental resources at NC State. We are challenging ecologists to understand and address the legacies of colonialism, and to
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