Botanic gardens are increasingly important agents of plant research and conservation. A
large number of botanic gardens have been established throughout the globe since the mid …

Purpose The purpose of this article is to untangle the influence of Linda Tuhiwai Smith's
Decolonizing Methodologies on botanical gardens, particularly in the context of …

One of the greatest threats to environmental and human security today is transnational
ecoviolence and crime, which has become both a lucrative enterprise and a mode of life in …

This paper examines the understudied relationship between nature conservation and
climate control in botanic gardens. Drawing on research conducted at Kew Gardens in West …

Abstract When the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden was established in Cape Town,
South Africa, in 1913, it was envisioned as a site that served white citizens. Kirstenbosch …

Settler Ecologies tells the story of how settler colonialism becomes memorialized and lives
on through ecological relations. Drawing on eight years of research in Laikipia, Kenya …

In an age of climate and ecological breakdown, questions of how we relate to the natural
world and the more-than-human beings around us are more important than ever. This …

Botanic gardens came into existence in the late 1500s to document, study, and preserve
plants originating from all over the world. The scientific field of botany was a direct outcome …

A burgeoning body of scholarship identifies and discusses botanic gardens as increasingly
important centres of biodiversity conservation and sustainability. Notwithstanding the high …

In this chapter we examine the rising phenomenon of climate crimes, from small fraud over
carbon offsets to large-scale unreported emissions and efforts to mislead the public over the …