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Once Upon a Game Reserve: Sambisa and the Tragedy of a Forested Landscape
This article focuses on the loss of the Sambisa Forest as a game reserve due to the conflict between the Nigerian army and the terrorist group Boko Haram.
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Friedrich Haberlandt’s Failed Vision: Soy in European Food Cultures, 1873–1945
At the 1873 Viennese World’s Fair, the botanist Friedrich Haberlandt became enchanted with the vision of integrating soyfoods into European diets as a cheap source of protein.
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A Shaggy-Bear Story: An Environmental History from a Remote Region
This article looks afresh at the environmental history of Russia by starting from the perspective of some bears in Siberia.
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Rabbits on the Edge: The Belonging of Pests in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
This article thinks differently about the belonging of rabbits in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia.
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From Pulley to Pipe: The Decline of the Wells of Bangalore
This article investigates the transition of water supply in Bangalore, where wells were gradually replaced by piped water.
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“Moby Dick” in the Rhine: How a Beluga Whale Raised Awareness of Water Pollution in West Germany
In 1966, a stray beluga whale swimming up and down the polluted Lower Rhine caught the media’s attention in West Germany.
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The Neste War 1970–1972: The First Victory of the Budding Finnish Environmental Movement
This article studies the “Neste war,” 1970–1972, the first major victory of the environmental movement in Finland.
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The Lost Lakes of Bangalore
The urbanization of Bangalore transformed the once-strong relationship between communities and the lakes that they once created and maintained.
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The Lake That Became a Sports Stadium
The transformation of the Sampangi Lake into the present-day Sri Kanteerava Stadium.
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Making the “European Yellowstone”—Unintended Consequences or Unrealistic Intentions?
A neo-protectionist conservation plan proposes a private natural reserve in the Carpathians, promoting historically produced landscape as pristine nature and triggering growing discontent from local land users.