Bioinvaders
Fourteen environmental historians investigate the rhetoric and realities of exotic, introduced, and ‘alien’ species.
Fourteen environmental historians investigate the rhetoric and realities of exotic, introduced, and ‘alien’ species.
A graphic novel for children inspired by the disappearance from Białowieża Primeval Forest of the wild European bison.
The Little Desert dispute of 1968 was a watershed in Australian environmental politics, marking the beginning of a new consciousness of nature.
The seminal “World Conservation Strategy” of 1980 argues for the protection of essential ecological processes and habitats, the preservation of genetic diversity, and the sustainable utilization of species and ecosystems.
Over the past century, the Parks Canada agency has been at the center of important debates about the place of nature in Canadian nationhood and relationships between Canada’s diverse ecosystems and its communities. This edited volume explores its history as a rich repository of experience, of lessons learned—critical for making informed decisions about how to sustain the environmental and social health of Canada’s national parks.
This book brings together case studies of HGIS projects in historical geography, social and cultural history, and environmental history from Canada’s diverse regions.
This collection examines historical and contemporary social, economic, and environmental impacts of mining on Aboriginal communities in northern Canada. Combining oral history research with intensive archival study, this work juxtaposes the perspectives of government and industry with the perspectives of local communities.
This collection brings a Canadian perspective to the growing field of animal history, ranging across species and cities, from the beavers who engineered Stanley Park to the carthorses who shaped the city of Montreal. Some essays consider animals as spectacle, while others examine the bodily intimacies of shared urban spaces.
From Waterton-Glacier International Park to the European Alps, and Lake Titicaca in Peru and Bolivia, the essays in Parks, Peace, and Partnership provide illustrative examples of the challenges and new solutions that are emerging around the world.
This book explores how the need for electricity at the turn of the century affected and shaped Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada.