The colonial legacy of herbaria

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985939%3A_____%2F23%3A00577133" target="_blank" >RIV/67985939:_____/23:00577133 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216224:14310/23:00132192 RIV/00216208:11310/23:10475222

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01616-7" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01616-7</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01616-7" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41562-023-01616-7</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The colonial legacy of herbaria

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Herbarium collections shape our understanding of Earth’s flora and are crucial for addressing global change issues. Their formation, however, is not free from sociopolitical issues of immediate relevance. Despite increasing efforts addressing issues of representation and colonialism in natural history collections, herbaria have received comparatively less attention. While it has been noted that the majority of plant specimens are housed in the Global North, the extent and magnitude of this disparity have not been quantified. Here we examine the colonial legacy of botanical collections, analysing 85,621,930 specimen records and assessing survey responses from 92 herbarium collections across 39 countries. We find an inverse relationship between where plant diversity exists in nature and where it is housed in herbaria. Such disparities persist across physical and digital realms despite overt colonialism ending over half a century ago. We emphasize the need for acknowledging the colonial history of herbarium collections and implementing a more equitable global paradigm for their collection, curation and use.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The colonial legacy of herbaria

Popis výsledku anglicky

Herbarium collections shape our understanding of Earth’s flora and are crucial for addressing global change issues. Their formation, however, is not free from sociopolitical issues of immediate relevance. Despite increasing efforts addressing issues of representation and colonialism in natural history collections, herbaria have received comparatively less attention. While it has been noted that the majority of plant specimens are housed in the Global North, the extent and magnitude of this disparity have not been quantified. Here we examine the colonial legacy of botanical collections, analysing 85,621,930 specimen records and assessing survey responses from 92 herbarium collections across 39 countries. We find an inverse relationship between where plant diversity exists in nature and where it is housed in herbaria. Such disparities persist across physical and digital realms despite overt colonialism ending over half a century ago. We emphasize the need for acknowledging the colonial history of herbarium collections and implementing a more equitable global paradigm for their collection, curation and use.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10611 - Plant sciences, botany

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Nature Human Behaviour

ISSN

2397-3374

e-ISSN

2397-3374

Svazek periodika

7

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

7

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

1059-1068

Kód UT WoS článku

001004984500001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85163074535