The Edges of Environmental History: Honouring Jane Carruthers
This volume of RCC Perspectives, featuring artwork by Australian artist Mandy Martin, is a tribute to the wonderful career of Jane Carruthers.
This volume of RCC Perspectives, featuring artwork by Australian artist Mandy Martin, is a tribute to the wonderful career of Jane Carruthers.
This volume of RCC Perspectives, featuring artwork by Australian artist Mandy Martin, is a tribute to the wonderful career of Jane Carruthers.
In this issue of Earth First!, Dave Foreman steps down as editor to make way for John Davis. In addition, Captain Paul Watson gives an update on the war against whalers in Japan, Leon Czolgosz tells the story of Great Basin National Park, and the column Rainforest News reports that Scandinavian tree huggers are blocking road building.
In this issue of Earth First! Darryl Cherney gives an update on the protests against logging in Goshawk Grove in Sanctuary Forest, California. Daniel Gibson writes on waste management, Roland Knapp calls for attention to the neglected White Mountains in California, and ecologist George Wuerthner untangles the “let burn” policy in Yellowstone National Park.
In this issue of Earth First! Maria Quintana gives an update on the struggles to protect the island Soldier Key in Biscayne National Park, Florida. In addition, Joanne Duffy calls for attention to the endangered longleaf pine forests and Sherman’s fox squirrels, and Mitch Friedman discusses the dynamic face of activism.
In this issue of Earth First! Journal Hugh Morose gives an update on the protests against salvage logging of Redwood groves in the Headwaters forest. In addition, Ken Wu discusses Earth First! and its shift towards protecting biodiversity instead of wilderness preservation, and Angela Schmitz reports about the new truce over the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska.
Following the establishment of the world’s first national park at Yellowstone (USA) in 1872, the concept was rapidly transferred to Australia, New Zealand and Canada. This article examines this second wave of adoption—and adaption—focussing on five case studies from Australia and New Zealand.
John Reid-Hresko’s article draws on 18 months of comparative ethnographic research with men and women who are employed and reside in protected areas in northern Tanzania and South Africa’s Kruger National Park.