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Arcadia, 2015, no. 6

More Than a “Paper Park”: Tayrona, a Caribbean Paradise

Claudia Leal

In this Arcadia article, Claudia Leal shows how the early history of Colombia’s Tayrona National Park reveals the extent to which it has been shaped by state policies: evictions, restrictions to land use, and a fierce battle against tourism interests.

Arcadia, 2015, no. 5

Blurring Boundaries: Nahuel Huapi National Park

Emily Wakild

Latin America’s first national park derived from private and public ideas and became a template for regional conservation.

Arcadia, 2015, no. 4

The Bears Are Back! The LIFE Ursus Translocation Project in Trentino

Wilko Graf von Hardenberg

This Arcadia article by environmental historian Wilko von Hardenberg shows how after almost a century on the brink of extinction, bears are once again roaming the eastern Italian Alps.

Arcadia, 2015, no. 3

Taconite Mining in Silver Bay: A Tale of Extraction and Accumulation

Caitlyn Schuchhardt

The Reserve Mining Company discharged taconite tailings directly into Lake Superior for 25 years, creating a massive tailings delta and polluting the waters of the lake. When the EPA took Reserve to court in 1973, the town of Silver Bay was divided between a struggle for economic well-being and public health.

Arcadia, 2015, no. 2

Manoomin: The Taming of Wild Rice in the Great Lakes Region

Kaitlin Stack Whitney

Wild rice was “tamed” when domesticated in the 1950s, yet both cultivated and foraged wild rice face shared contemporary challenges.

Arcadia, 2015, no. 1

The Watering of California's Central Valley

Daniel Grant

The agricultural landscape of California was based on a complex system of aqueducts that created the illusion of “normal” climatic variation.

Arcadia, 2014, no. 16

Profoundly National Yet Transboundary: The Tatra National Parks

Bianca Hoenig

Situated on the Polish-Slovak border, the Tatra Mountains are protected by two neighboring National Parks. The history of the parks, which began in the 1880s, is deeply marked by the situation of these mountains on an imperial, and subsequently national, borderland.

Arcadia, 2014, no. 15

The Thames Barrier: London's Moveable Flood Defense

Alexander Hall

In 1975, construction began for the Thames Barrier, a moveable flood defense located on the River Thames, downstream of central London in the United Kingdom.

Arcadia, 2014, no. 14

Evolution for World Heritage: The Galapagos Islands National Park

Elke Ackermann

The Galapagos Islands National Park, which was established in 1959, shelters Charles Darwin’s showcase of evolution and has become a testing field for international nature conservation concepts.

Arcadia, 2014, no. 13

The 1969 Flood and Coastal Erosion on Cape Pitsunda

Olga Yakushenko

In 1969, the Georgian resort of Pitsunda and its beach were severely damaged by a storm. This was largely due to an ongoing process of coastal erosion caused by anthropogenic influences.

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Arcadia: Explorations in Environmental History is an open-access, peer-reviewed publication platform for short, illustrated, and engaging environmental histories. Embedded in a particular time and place, each story focuses on a site, event, person, organization, or species as it relates to nature and human society. By publishing digitally on the Environment & Society Portal, Arcadia promotes accessibility and visibility of original research in global environmental history and cognate disciplines.

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