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Birds of many feathers? Examining perceptions among US birders following the American Ornithological Society's eponymous renaming decision

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract In 2023, the American Ornithological Society announced it will phase out the English eponymous (honorific) names of 152 bird species in the United States and Canada, some of which are named after historical figures with racist, genocidal, or otherwise violent histories that serve as reminders of ornithology's exclusive origins.
Kirsten Vinyeta   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thinking with Melissa Gniadek and Beenash Jafri

open access: yesLateral, 2017
Response to Melissa Gniadek and Beenash Jafri on original essay by J Kēhaulani Kauanui, "A Structure, Not an Event: Settler Colonialism and Enduring Indigeneity," published in Lateral 5.1.
J Kēhaulani Kauanui
doaj   +1 more source

Looking backward to move forward: Enhancing metadata in scientific collections through interdisciplinary collaboration

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Early modern herbaria house important and useful data on historic environments. However, their contents are often inhospitable to scientific use. Despite this challenge, once their contents have been deciphered, such specimens present novel research opportunities.
Madeline E. White, Stephen A. Harris
wiley   +1 more source

Past is present: settler colonialism in Palestine

open access: yes, 2012
The editors introduce this special issue of settler colonial studies focusing on settler colonialism in ...
Omar Jabary Salamanca (19116751)   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Beyond forests: Harnessing conservation gardening for open biomes in Brazil

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Urban gardening offers an innovative conservation strategy by integrating native ornamental species into urban landscapes. We evaluated the ornamental potential of the Brazilian flora by comparing the representation of species from forests versus open biomes (focusing on campo rupestre grasslands) and introduced and validated the Index of Ornamental ...
Flávia Santos Faria   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Settler colonialism and decolonisation

open access: yes, 2007
Appraising the evolution of settler colonial forms during the second half of the twentieth century can contribute to an appraisal of decolonisation processes.
Lorenzo Veracini (20123865)
core   +1 more source

Settler Colonialism: An Introduction

open access: yes, 2022
From the Palestinian struggle against Israeli Apartheid, to First Nations' mass campaigns against pipeline construction in North America, Indigenous peoples are at the forefront of some of the crucial struggles of our age.
Englert, S.P.
core  

Localizable Climate Change Education in Schools: Examining Impacts on Students' Environmental Science Agency

open access: yesScience Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As our daily lives become increasingly affected by climate change, school‐based science education plays a critical role in preparing students to understand and respond to this global crisis. This cohort controlled quasi‐experimental study conducted in the United States examined whether a localized climate change storyline unit compared to ...
Lindsey Mohan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Global Political Economy in Community‐Based Adaptation to Climate Change—Practitioners' Experience and Opinions

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Community‐based adaptation scholars and practitioners acknowledge that power asymmetries pose significant barriers to project impact. Nevertheless, there is little research on the role of the global political economy as the root cause of vulnerability.
Tom Selje, Alexandra Klepp, Boris Heinz
wiley   +1 more source

Settler Colonialism and Beyond

open access: yes, 2019
The settler colonial approach has much to offer historians. However, when we consider the extended, 500-year history of the invasion of Indigenous North America, we encounter several sorts of colonialism; the settler variety stands out as
Allan Greer, Greer, Allan
core   +1 more source

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