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Facing Changes, Changing Targets: Sperm-Whale Hunting in Late Eighteenth-Century Brazil
This article investigates the origins of the exploitation of sperm whales off the Brazilian coast in the eighteenth century.
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A Killer Air: Delineating Disaster in Mexico City
A noxious air forces Mexico City to confront its unwavering urbanizing and industrializing mission in the late twentieth century.
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The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Novaya Zemlya
Polar bears invade Russian archipelago and town in Novaya Zemlya, northern Russia.
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Mateship with Birds: An Australian Plea for Conservation
An early Australian conservationist offers a window onto the ways in which nature was once valued.
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The Maijuna: Fighting for Survival in the Peruvian Amazon
The Maijuna, an endangered indigenous group, are fighting for survival in the midst of development pressures in the Peruvian Amazon.
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Seed Oysters in Entangled Worlds: Ecological Disturbances, Knowledge Making, and Potentialities in Miyagi, Japan
This article focuses on the contingent practices that constitute oyster aquaculture in contemporary Japan and the multiple forms of more-than-human entanglements that emerge as a result.
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Rya Forest Nature Reserve: A Case of Preservation, Conflicts, and Unwanted Rewilding
Rya Forest is a nature reserve in Gothenburg, Sweden, and historically an area of both appreciation and conflict.
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The Beavercene: Eradication and Settler-Colonialism in Tierra del Fuego
Once introduced to promote the fur industry, beavers in Tierra del Fuego are now deemed an invasive population to be eradicated.
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Virtuous Bees: How Beekeeping Helps Protect Primary Forests in the Russian Far East
This article discusses forest beekeeping in the Russian Far East and its unique role in protecting primary forests in the context of Aristotelian ethics.
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Remembering the Night of Noah: Flood Memory and Townsville's Floods of 1998 and 2019
Flood memory in Townsville is strong, but this does not align with the city’s capacity to live sustainably with floods.