"Abruzzo National Park: Land of Dreams"
After centuries of seclusion, Pescasseroli and the upper Sangro River valley in Italy’s central Apennine Mountains began opening to the world in the early twentieth century…
After centuries of seclusion, Pescasseroli and the upper Sangro River valley in Italy’s central Apennine Mountains began opening to the world in the early twentieth century…
Based on a review of international conservation literature, three inter-related themes are explored: a) the emergence in the 1860–1910 period of new worldviews on the human-nature relationship in western culture; b) the emergence of new conservation values and the translation of these into public policy goals; and 3) the adoption of these policies by the Netherlands Indies government.
This article argues that during the interwar period in Australia, contrary to assertions that social, political and economic pressures stifled environmental debate, there were a wide range of interests pushing for conservation, the development of National Parks and limits on development schemes.
Wilko Graf von Hardenberg, Carson Fellow from November 2010 to February 2011, talks about his research on Alpine nature conservation and resource management.
Striving to create a “South African Eden,” the Kruger National Park was established in 1926 under the leadership of warden James Stevenson-Hamilton. Since this time, the park has developed into one the greatest and most renowned game reserves in the world.
On 8 November 1935, Mexico’s president, Lázaro Cárdenas (1934–1940), established the Iztaccíhuatl and Popocatépetl National Park, the first of nearly forty national parks he would create within the next few years. By 1940, Mexico had more parks than any other country in the world.
The Vanoise National Park was created in 1963 in the northern French Alps, along with numerous large ski resorts. Born as twins, the park and the resorts grew up at best as strangers, at worst as foes.
The Bavarian Forest National Park, situated in South-Eastern Germany along the boundary with the Czech Republic, was established as the country’s first national park in October 1970.
This article looks at romantic and critical narratives around protected areas, and highlights how Jane Carruthers’ writing refuses to embrace either.
With an emphasis on national parks, this article examines the kinds of environmental edges particular to South Africa and to Africa more generally.