Final remarks
In science, racial diversity benefits the quality, quantity, and impact of discoveries. However, there are moral obligations beyond the immediate benefit of diversity to science to include the voices of those who will continue to be most affected by our ongoing environmental and climate crises. Racially diverse communities and broader society will ultimately be the beneficiaries of efforts to achieve fair representation of BIPOC scholars, and we assert that this push must ultimately come from those who wield power in the Academy. The immediacy and immensity of the world’s ecological problems and environmental problems demand that EEB make room for BIPOC scholars.