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Forging just ecologies: 25 years of urban long-term ecological research collaboration.

Morgan Grove, Steward Pickett, Christopher G Boone, Geoffrey L Buckley, Pippin Anderson, Fushcia-Ann Hoover, Ariel E Lugo, Elvia Meléndez-Ackerman, Tischa A Muñoz-Erickson, Harini Nagendra and 1 more

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Article in Ambio, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Morgan GroveUSDA Forest Service, 5523 Research Park Drive, Suite 350, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA. morgan.grove@usda.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7803-074X
Steward PickettCary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Box AB, Millbrook, NY, 12545, USA.
Christopher G BooneSchool of Sustainability, Arizona State University, PO Box 877904, Tempe, AZ, 85287-7904, USA.
Geoffrey L BuckleyHonors Tutorial College, Ohio University, 1 Ohio University Drive, Athens, OH, 45701-2979, USA.
Pippin AndersonDepartment of Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Private Bag x3, Cape Town, 7701, South Africa.
Fushcia-Ann HooverUniversity of North Carolina, Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA.
Ariel E LugoUSDA Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry, San Juan, PR, USA.
Elvia Meléndez-AckermanDepartment of Environmental Sciences, The University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, 17 Ave Universidad STE 1701, San Juan, PR, 00925-2537, USA.
Tischa A Muñoz-EricksonInternational Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service, 1201 Calle Ceiba, Jardín Botánico Sur, Río Piedras, PR, 00926, USA.
Harini NagendraCentre for Climate Change and Sustainability, Azim Premji University, Burugunte Village, Bikkanahalli Main Road, Sarjapura, Bengaluru, 562125, India.
L Kidany SellesUniversity of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Facundo Bueso Building (FB-003) 17 Ave. Universidad STE 1701, San Juan, PR, 00925-2537, USA.

Funding

National Science Foundation DEB 1855277National Science Foundation ENG-1934933
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We ask how environmental justice and urban ecology have influenced one another over the past 25 years in the context of the US Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program and Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES) project. BES began after environmental justice emerged through activism and scholarship in the 1980s but spans a period of increasing awareness among ecologists and environmental practitioners. The work in Baltimore provides a detailed example of how ecological research has been affected by a growing understanding of environmental justice. The shift shows how unjust environmental outcomes emerge and are reinforced over time by systemic discrimination and exclusion. We do not comprehensively review the literature on environmental justice in urban ecology but do present four brief cases from the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia, to illustrate the global relevance of the topic. The example cases demonstrate the necessity for continuous engagement with communities in addressing environmental problem solving.

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EcologyEcosystemAfricaAsiaBaltimoreCaribbean RegionCitiesConservation of Natural ResourcesHumansResearchSocial JusticeUnited StatesBaltimoreEcologyEnvironmental justiceEquityRacismUrban

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PMID38643345
PMCPMC11058169

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