The text “Weltnaturschutz” (World nature protection) by Paul Sarasin (1856–1929) is a key document in the history of the global nature conservation movement.
Books & Profiles
“Weltnaturschutz”: Global Protection of Nature
A Perfect Storm in the Amazon Wilderness, vol. 1
Volume 1 of 3 of A Perfect Storm in the Amazon Wilderness.
Gender and Sustainability: Lessons from Asia and Latin America
Full text of Gender and Sustainability.
Policy and Practice in Rural Tanzania: Grazing, Fishing and Farming at the Local-Global Interface
Excerpt from the Policy and Practice in Rural Tanzania.
Pandemic Disease in the Medieval World: Rethinking the Black Death
Pandemic Disease in the Medieval World: Rethinking the Black Death, edited by Monica H. Green, is available to download in its entirety.
Armies and Ecosystems in Premodern Europe: The Meuse Region, 1250–1850
Armies and Ecosystems in Premodern Europe: The Meuse Region, 1250–1850 by Sander Govaerts is available to download in its entirety.
Thoreau’s Religion: Walden Woods, Social Justice, and the Politics of Asceticism
Excerpt from Thoreau’s Religion: Walden Woods, Social Justice, and the Politics of Asceticism, a new interpretation of Thoreau’s Walden.
Anglo-Saxon Literary Landscapes: Ecotheory and the Environmental Imagination
Anglo-Saxon Literary Landscapes by Heide Estes is a part of the series “Environmental Humanities in Pre-Modern Cultures,” published by Amsterdam University Press.
The Return of Nature: Socialism and Ecology
Excerpt from The Return of Nature: Socialism and Ecology by John Bellamy Foster.
Making the Palace Machine Work: Mobilizing People, Objects, and Nature in the Qing Empire
Making the Palace Machine Work: Mobilizing People, Objects, and Nature in the Qing Empire, edited by Martina Martina, Kai Jun Chen, and Dorothy Ko, is available to download in its entirety.