An antiracist, anticolonial agenda for urban greening and conservation

Productive discourse regarding the role of racism and colonialism in conservation is growing but still limited. Inadequate recognition these powerful forces has significantly impeded socially just efforts. This paper integrates multiple disciplinary perspectives to discuss historical practices United States abroad reveal challenges with moving beyond traditional approaches that perpetuate systemic colonialism. Using urban greening (e.g., tree planting) as an example, we show how manifest White ideals nature, power disparities, displacement exclusion. We then put forth agenda for antiracist, anticolonial greening. uses tripartite environmental justice framework (i.e., distributional, recognition, procedural justice) a starting point, integrating adapting more critical views contemporary highlight specific policies can be applied many problems.