The here described imaginary that drylands & deserts are places of #deforestation and mismanagement was also very present, because after all #reforestation / #afforestation is done by foresters who are too often educated for different ecosystems and with a mindset of 'having invented #sustainability' which falls today under #GreenGrowth eyeing for maximum yields. As #DianaKDavis' piece makes clear, this doesn't fit #drylands and we need a #decolonization of the imaginary https://pastres.org/2020/10/30/of-deserts-and-decolonization-dispelling-myths-about-drylands

The here described imaginary that drylands & deserts are places of #deforestation and mismanagement was also very present, because after all #reforestation / #afforestation is done by foresters who are too often educated for different ecosystems and with a mindset of 'having invented #sustainability' which falls today under #GreenGrowth eyeing for maximum yields. As #DianaKDavis' piece makes clear, this doesn't fit #drylands and we need a #decolonization of the imaginary https://pastres.org/2020/10/30/of-deserts-and-decolonization-dispelling-myths-about-drylands