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October 1, 2021

Indigenous knowledge and the persistence of the ‘wilderness’ myth

Michael-Shawn Fletcher, The University of Melbourne; Lisa Palmer, The University of Melbourne; Rebecca Hamilton, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, and Wolfram Dressler, The University of Melbourne

Aboriginal people view so-called wilderness as sick, neglected land. This runs counter to the view of wilderness as pristine and healthy, which underpins non-Indigenous conservation efforts.

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April 24, 2020

Buried under colonial concrete, Botany Bay has even been robbed of its botany

Rebecca Hamilton, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology; Dan Penny, University of Sydney; Josephine Gillespie, University of Sydney, and Shane Ingrey, UNSW

If we want to conserve ecosystems that escaped European exploitation and mismanagement, we must start listening to environmental histories to compliment scientific research.

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