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Charting the human and ecological forces that have shaped the islands, Goffe examines the legacy of fierce warrior Queen Nanny of the Maroons, engages in pressing cultural debate about stolen artefacts and human remains which are kept hidden in museum archives, and visits Indigenous farming cooperatives who are using ancestral knowledge to rebuild their communities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing the Caribbean as both a warning and a guide, \u003ci\u003eDark Laboratory\u003c\/i\u003e takes hopeful and galvanizing teachings from the islands communities to offer illuminating solutions to the ecological crisis. From guano to sugarcane, coral bleaching to invasive mongoose populations, \u003ci\u003eDark Laboratory\u003c\/i\u003e is a lyrical, vibrant and urgent investigation into the greatest threat facing humanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Noble and necessary . . . 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