Justine Townsend

I'm a political ecologist working to decolonize biodiversity conservation discourse and practice. Currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia, I'm investigating decolonial knowledge mobilization in the conservation sector. For my PhD (2022), I critically analyzed possibilities for reconciliation through Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas. I work with an Indigenous NGO in Canada that's advancing Indigenous-led conservation with a focus on knowledge mobilization and capacity building.