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"A transformed Landscape: The Steppes of Ukraine and Russia"
David Moon talks about his visit to the Ukrainian steppes.
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Perspectives
Why Do We Value Diversity? Biocultural Diversity in a Global Context
The concept of biocultural diversity was introduced by ethnobiologists to argue that the variation within ecological systems is inextricably linked to cultural and linguistic differences. In this volume of RCC Perspectives, scholars from a wide range of fields reflect on the definition, impact, and possible vulnerabilities of the concept.
Perspectives Article
Chernobyl Mono-Cropped
This article looks at biodiversity in the Chernobyl Zone of Alienation. This essay argues that these processes of simplification were related—that mono-cropped populations of the thirties and forties led to genetically and biologically depleted flora and fauna in the twenty-first century.
Arcadia
Ukraine and Camels: Features of the Incorporation into the Steppe Landscape
This Arcadia article is about how camels used, until recently, to be a central feature of the steppe landscape of Southern Ukraine.