Associate Professor Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, Massachusetts, United States
The Global South accounts for disproportionately high levels of biodiversity where many environmental issues are prevalent, leading to severe biodiversity. Limitations in cyberinfrastructure in the Global South have also impeded data mobilization to facilitate macroscale ecological research and conservation planning. Strict government environmental policies– such as scientific permits for wildlife research– to support biodiversity conservation have unintended consequences leading to reduced research productivity by the Global South. I will describe how the limited research in the Global South is mostly headed by the Global North with little engagement with the local institutions, and discuss possible pathways toward equitable representation.
