Indigenous Conservation Practices Are Not a Monolith: Western cultural biases and a lack of engagement with Indigenous experts undermine studies of land stewardship
Kelsey Leonard, Jared Aldern, Amy Cardinal Christianson, Darren Ranco, Casey Thornbrugh, Philip A. Loring, Michael Coughlan, Penelope Jones, J. M. Mancini, Daniel May
Abstract
Commentary On: Oswald, W. W., Foster, D. R., Shuman, B. N., Chilton, E. S., Doucette, D. L., Duranleau, D. L. Conservation implications of limited Native American impacts in pre-contact New England. Nature Sustainability https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0466-0
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