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Disrupting the epistemic empire is necessary for a decolonial ecology

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Mabele, M.B., Kiwango, W.A. & Mwanyoka, I. Disrupting the epistemic empire is necessary for a decolonial ecology. Nat Ecol Evol 7, 1163 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02105-w

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