Towards fairer conservation: Perspectives and ideas from early‐career researchers
Abstract The Black Lives Matter Movement, which gained unprecedented global momentum in mid‐2020, triggered critical reflection on systemic discrimination of disadvantaged groups across many domains of society. It prompted us, as early‐career researchers (ECRs) in conservation science, to examine ou...
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| author | Lucy J. Archer Helen S. Müller Lizzie P. Jones Heidi Ma Rosalind A. Gleave Aline da Silva Cerqueira Thalassa McMurdo Hamilton Yara Shennan‐Farpón |
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| description | Abstract The Black Lives Matter Movement, which gained unprecedented global momentum in mid‐2020, triggered critical reflection on systemic discrimination of disadvantaged groups across many domains of society. It prompted us, as early‐career researchers (ECRs) in conservation science, to examine our own awareness of ongoing injustices within our field, the role we play in perpetuating or countering these injustices, and how to move forward. Colonialist ideologies and power dynamics throughout the history of conservation practice and research have left a long‐lasting legacy of inequality and systemic racism. While improvements have been made, these legacies continue to influence teaching and practice today. In this perspective piece, we reflect on the impacts of conservation’s colonial past and how the sector has developed. We then explore how current traditional routes into conservation, and the dominance of these approaches, can leave ECRs underprepared to address modern‐day conservation issues due to a limited understanding of conservation’s history and key theories from other fields. We end by offering a set of suggestions encouraging others to learn and practise fairer and more inclusive conservation practices. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f681dd4c7bf44cecb8bfd05f46a650d72022-12-22T02:29:13ZengWileyPeople and Nature2575-83142022-06-014361262610.1002/pan3.10309Towards fairer conservation: Perspectives and ideas from early‐career researchersLucy J. Archer0Helen S. Müller1Lizzie P. Jones2Heidi Ma3Rosalind A. Gleave4Aline da Silva Cerqueira5Thalassa McMurdo Hamilton6Yara Shennan‐Farpón7Zoological Society of London Institute of Zoology London UKZoological Society of London Institute of Zoology London UKZoological Society of London Institute of Zoology London UKZoological Society of London Institute of Zoology London UKZoological Society of London Institute of Zoology London UKZoological Society of London Institute of Zoology London UKZoological Society of London Institute of Zoology London UKZoological Society of London Institute of Zoology London UKAbstract The Black Lives Matter Movement, which gained unprecedented global momentum in mid‐2020, triggered critical reflection on systemic discrimination of disadvantaged groups across many domains of society. It prompted us, as early‐career researchers (ECRs) in conservation science, to examine our own awareness of ongoing injustices within our field, the role we play in perpetuating or countering these injustices, and how to move forward. Colonialist ideologies and power dynamics throughout the history of conservation practice and research have left a long‐lasting legacy of inequality and systemic racism. While improvements have been made, these legacies continue to influence teaching and practice today. In this perspective piece, we reflect on the impacts of conservation’s colonial past and how the sector has developed. We then explore how current traditional routes into conservation, and the dominance of these approaches, can leave ECRs underprepared to address modern‐day conservation issues due to a limited understanding of conservation’s history and key theories from other fields. We end by offering a set of suggestions encouraging others to learn and practise fairer and more inclusive conservation practices. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10309fairer conservationinclusivityequalityearly‐career researchersresearch ethicsreflexivity |
| spellingShingle | Lucy J. Archer Helen S. Müller Lizzie P. Jones Heidi Ma Rosalind A. Gleave Aline da Silva Cerqueira Thalassa McMurdo Hamilton Yara Shennan‐Farpón Towards fairer conservation: Perspectives and ideas from early‐career researchers People and Nature fairer conservation inclusivity equality early‐career researchers research ethics reflexivity |
| title | Towards fairer conservation: Perspectives and ideas from early‐career researchers |
| title_full | Towards fairer conservation: Perspectives and ideas from early‐career researchers |
| title_fullStr | Towards fairer conservation: Perspectives and ideas from early‐career researchers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards fairer conservation: Perspectives and ideas from early‐career researchers |
| title_short | Towards fairer conservation: Perspectives and ideas from early‐career researchers |
| title_sort | towards fairer conservation perspectives and ideas from early career researchers |
| topic | fairer conservation inclusivity equality early‐career researchers research ethics reflexivity |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10309 |
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