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How can societies decolonize conservation?

26/10/2022 01:22 PM | Click to read full article

Two archaeologists reflect on how social hierarchies harm biodiversity and how to move away from conservation efforts based on colonialist values. When Tim arrived in Hanalei, Kaua‘i, in 1971 to study irrigation and ancient chiefdoms, biodiversity was not in his mind. The goal was to better understand the ancient form of farming by learning about it in practice—a method called ethnoarchaeology.

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