Queer Black voices in conservation

Alex C Moore^{1

2}, Kendall Calhoun^{3

4}, Christine E Wilkinson^{5

6}, Elan Alford⁷, Alycia Ellington⁸, Cesar O Estien⁵, Gabriela S Fleury⁹, Nepsis Garcia¹⁰, Akiebia Hicks¹¹, Camille Mosley¹², Neshima Vitale-Penniman^{13

14}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
² Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
³ Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁴ Department of Wildlife, Fish & Conservation, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA.
⁵ Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
⁶ California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA.
⁷ Mt. Cuba Center, Hockessin, Delaware, USA.
⁸ Departments of Sociology and Critical Race & Ethnic Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA.
⁹ Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
¹¹ Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
¹² Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.
¹³ Institute at Brown University for Environment and Society, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
¹⁴ Soul Fire Farm, Petersburg, New York, USA.

Alex C Moore et al. Conserv Biol. 2024 Dec.

. 2024 Dec;38(6):e14385.

doi: 10.1111/cobi.14385.

¹ Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
² Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
³ Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁴ Department of Wildlife, Fish & Conservation, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA.
⁵ Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
⁶ California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA.
⁷ Mt. Cuba Center, Hockessin, Delaware, USA.
⁸ Departments of Sociology and Critical Race & Ethnic Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA.
⁹ Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
¹¹ Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
¹² Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.
¹³ Institute at Brown University for Environment and Society, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
¹⁴ Soul Fire Farm, Petersburg, New York, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Black conservationists; colonialism; community‐led conservation; conservation history; environmental justice; queer ecologies.

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