Every single ecologist / conservation biologist should be absolutely disgusted with the ongoing colonial, white supremist attacks on Mi& #39;kmaq assets and leadership in Canada; under some bullshit guise of & #39;agroecological / conservation concern& #39;.

It& #39;s naught but plain attempts to intimidate First Nations into abandoning exercising their sovereign right to manage their land and maintain their own food security. Until this sort of settler-state bullshit is dismantled, conservation and ecology cannot succeed in its missions.

Ensuring the sovereign land rights of e.g. First Nations are respected is absolutely a primary concern in global change ecology. Fight for it like you do every other cry of & #39;listen to the science& #39; so ardently. Ideally, more ardently and /more critically/.

Less important but worth stating, the lobster fishing of the Mi& #39;kmaq is supported by science. Racists are claiming a false conservation banner to try and justify their violent acts of intimidation and sabotage. We cannot let that go unnoticed and unchallenged in our fields.