Nature Unites: Peace and Conservation in the Former Death Zone – the European Green Belt
The European Green Belt is a pan-European project to protect the environment and consolidate peace along the former Iron Curtain throughout Europe.
The European Green Belt is a pan-European project to protect the environment and consolidate peace along the former Iron Curtain throughout Europe.
Shen Hou, Carson Fellow from February to July 2011, talks about her research project at the RCC. It explores the introduction, reception, and transformation of American ideas of nature conservation, and related practices in China.
Established in 1914, the Swiss National Park was one of Europe’s very first national parks. Scientific research became its hallmark and it became an important model for the establishment of protected areas around the world.
This documentary shows how the local population of Tanzania has been evicted to make way for the creation of the world’s most famous nature reserves.
Wild Earth 10, no. 3 features essays on “little things”: the microbial microcosm, forgotten pollinators like birds and bats, the American burying beetle, and butterflies.
Wild Earth 10, no. 4 celebrates the journal’s 10-year anniversary with a retrospective of past highlights and many new contributions.
This article looks at romantic and critical narratives around protected areas, and highlights how Jane Carruthers’ writing refuses to embrace either.
The authors of this volume explore the potential value and challenges of the Rights of Nature concept by examining legal theory, politics, and recent case studies.
Environmental activism in the 1960s forced the Army Corps of Engineers to limit the open-water dumping of dredge spoils in the Great Lakes and create new “natural” areas along the shore.
The text “Weltnaturschutz” (World nature protection) by Paul Sarasin (1856–1929) is a key document in the history of the global nature conservation movement.