The Association of Field Ornithologists (AFO) engages amateurs and professionals in research, and emphasizes the conservation biology of birds
Feb 7, 2023 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
AFO se complace en apoyar y colaborar con investigadores de América Latina y el Caribe. Les sugerimos leer y compartir ampliamente estos documentos para llamar la atención sobre este importante tema.
En dos artículos publicados hoy en la prestigiosa revista Ornithological...
Applications @AmOrnit, y a los que
puede accederse de forma libre y gratuita, identifican barreras sistémicas e históricamente replicadas, productos del colonialismo, que han atrasado el conocimiento ornitológico en Latinoamérica y el Caribe.
Feb 7, 2023 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
AFO wants to highlight two new papers in Ornithological Applications that review multiple ways in which the field of #Ornithology systemically excludes researchers & research from Latin America and the Caribbean, despite this region harboring the most bird species on Earth 1/9
Signed by 128 ornithologists (including professional scientists, naturalists, park rangers and technicians) from 20 countries, the paper explains what the field might do to start addressing the problems identified. A major barrier to advancing ornithology, say the papers, 2/9