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Overcoming major barriers in seed ecology research in developing countries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2024

Fernando A. O. Silveira Open the ORCID record for Fernando A. O. Silveira [Opens in a new window] ,
Lisieux Fuzessy ,
Shyam S. Phartyal ,
Roberta L. C. Dayrell ,
Filip Vandelook ,
Jerónimo Vázquez-Ramírez ,
Çağatay Tavşanoğlu ,
Mehdi Abedi ,
Sershen Naidoo  and
Diana C. Acosta-Rojas
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Fernando A. O. Silveira*
Affiliation:
Centre for Ecological Synthesis and Conservation, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Lisieux Fuzessy
Affiliation:
CREAF, Science building, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Shyam S. Phartyal
Affiliation:
School of Ecology and Environment Studies, Nalanda University, Rajgir, India
Roberta L. C. Dayrell
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Wakehurst, Ardingly, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, UK
Filip Vandelook
Affiliation:
Meise Botanic Garde, Meise, Belgium
Jerónimo Vázquez-Ramírez
Affiliation:
School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia Pronatura Veracruz A.C., Coatepec, Mexico
Çağatay Tavşanoğlu
Affiliation:
Division of Ecology, Department of Biology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Mehdi Abedi
Affiliation:
Department of Range Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Mazandaran Province, Iran
Sershen Naidoo
Affiliation:
Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
Diana C. Acosta-Rojas
Affiliation:
Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt, Germany
Si-Chong Chen
Affiliation:
Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
Diana M. Cruz-Tejada
Affiliation:
University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Gehan Jayasuryia
Affiliation:
University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Carlos A. Ordóñez-Parra
Affiliation:
Centre for Ecological Synthesis and Conservation, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Arne Saatkamp
Affiliation:
IMBE, Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, Université d'Avignon, Marseille cedex, France
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Corresponding author: Fernando A. O. Silveira; Email: faosilveira@gmail.com
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Abstract

Scientists are becoming increasingly aware that disparities in opportunities for conducting and publishing research among scientists living under different socio-economic contexts have created pervasive biases and long-lasting impacts on our views of the natural world. These disparities are challenging the establishment of a global research agenda for a variety of disciplines, including seed ecology. Seed ecology has progressed enormously recently, but multiple barriers have hindered progress in the Global South where biodiversity and environmental complexity are highest. Here, we identify ten major challenges that seed ecologists from developing countries face in relation to planning, designing, conducting and publishing their research. We also propose several measures to overcome these challenges: (1) closing biodiversity knowledge shortfalls, (2) enhancing and creating long-term seed ecological networks, (3) supporting better infrastructure, (4) making fieldwork easier and safer, (5) unlocking funding opportunities, (6) promoting inclusive scientific meetings, (7) alleviating language barriers, (8) improving education, (9) shifting the notion of novelty and relevance and (10) supporting native seed markets. The authors recommend that the proposed solutions can be implemented by seed ecologists and the broader scientific community including funding agencies, research directors, journal editors and the academic publishing industry. Solutions can help mitigate multiple challenges simultaneously, thus offering a relatively inexpensive, fast and productive pathway for the development of seed ecology into a truly global research discipline that benefits scientists irrespective of their geographic location and background.

Keywords

equitygeographic biasesinclusioninternational collaborationlanguage barriersseed ecology
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Seed Science Research , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , September 2023 , pp. 172 - 181
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