Decolonizing Ourselves: Reflections from a Personal Journey

Carol J. Pierce Colfer is semi-retired from the Center for International Forestry Research in Bogor, Indonesia, where she worked from 1994 until 2009 as Principal Researcher and Program Leader. In 2009, she chose a loose affiliation as a Senior Associate and moved to Ithaca, New York. In 2024, she received the prestigious Scientific Achievement Award from the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations in Sweden. Between 2009 and 2024, she was also affiliated with Cornell University. She has authored and co-edited numerous books, her most recent being two collections are Adaptive Collaborative Management in Forest Landscapes (Taylor & Francis 2022) and Responding to Environmental Issues through Adaptive Collaborative Management (Taylor & Francis 2023).