[LTER-diversity] Interesting talks

[Marty Downs]

Urban ecologist Christopher Schell spoke yesterday as part of the NCEAS'
“Advancing Ecology and Environmental Data Science for a More Just and
Equitable Future” seminar series. The talk is recorded and available below.
He's a really dynamic speaker and someone I think we may want to consider
for an All Scientists Meeting plenary slot.

On April 7th, Dr. Lydia Jennings with the Department of Environmental
Sciences and the Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance at the
University of Arizona will be discussing “*Indigenous Data Sovereignty: How
Scientists and Researchers can Empower Data Governance*”. You do not need
to register ahead of time for this event. To join, please click the Zoom
link at the time of the event here:  NCEAS Winter/Spring 2021 Seminar Series
<https://t.e2ma.net/click/4lwpee/4l4f89b/co3q8u>.

*Wealth, Race, and Wildlife: The Impacts of Structural Inequality on Urban
Wildlife <https://youtu.be/SAxBNfzBq7A>' *
- Chris Schell

Urban ecosystems are intrinsically heterogenous, characterized by dynamic
biotic and abiotic interactions that are not witnessed in non-urban
environments. Urban flora and fauna experience a suite of novel
disturbances and stressors that have led to remarkable phenotypic
strategies and adaptations to cope with urban living. Despite recent
groundbreaking discoveries and innovation in the fields of urban ecology
and evolution, the drivers of urban heterogeneity that induce biological
change are seldom articulated. The spatiotemporal distributions of urban
organisms are directly affected by the uneven distribution of resources
(e.g., refugia, food, water) across cities, all of which are connected to
societal function and governance. Hence, to build a comprehensive
understanding of urban systems and wildlife adaptation, we must integrate
and reconcile how structural inequality – especially racism and classism –
shape urban environmental mosaics.
In this seminar talk, Dr. Chris Schell discusses how structural and
systemic inequalities, especially economic and racial inequality, shape
ecological and evolutionary outcomes of wildlife. In doing so, he discusses
how leading with an environmental justice and activism framework in the
natural sciences can promote conversation, sustainability, and resilience
in a human-dominated world.


Thanks, Marty

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National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
University of California - Santa Barbara
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