@Unknowable great you are discussing #PoliticalEcology here in #ClimateDiary! Should do this muxh more often
I completely agree that you need #PoliticalEcology and #HistoricalEcology together. But in fact, the kinds of historical dimensions you discuss here are part of Pol Ec itself - all abkut capitalism/colonialism. His ec is more about longer term human-nature relations and their shaping of forests or landscapes. I love both and especially the combination