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[–] Toadvark@mander.xyz 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

...Bearded pigs eat and disperse Pinanga subterranea’s fruits, but we’ve yet to find out how and by whom the flowers are pollinated.

I'm so charmed at the idea of subterranean pollinators

The palm was already known to local people but it had remained unnoticed by scientists, who believe the case highlights the need to collaborate more closely with Indigenous communities.

Say it again for those in the back! Indigenous knowledge is going to be even more important to learn and preserve as modernization presses ever on.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

I have a few books on the topic and agree whole heartedly re: your last sentence. It is the way forward. We should be throwing money at these communities to help accelerate both their social mobility and for knowledge spread and development. Again an example where climate justice, is social justice, is economic justice.