Climate scientists increasingly ignore ecological role of Indigenous peoples

In their zeal to promote the importance of climate change as an ecological driver, climate scientists increasingly are ignoring the profound role that indigenous peoples played in fire and vegetation dynamics, not only in the eastern United States but worldwide, according to a Penn State researcher. "In many locations, evidence shows that indigenous peoples actively managed vast areas and were skilled stewards of the land," said Marc Abrams, professor of forest ecology and physiology.

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