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Burning Cultivation of Peatlands in Finland
Burning cultivation of peatlands was by far the greatest source of carbon dioxide in Finland during the whole of nineteenth century and at the beginning of the twentieth century.
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Mumbai’s Doongerwadi Forest: Revisiting the Death of Nature in the Future City
This article explores the past and future of one of Mumbai’s largest city forests.
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An Environmental History of Tobacco Pests and Diseases in Southern Rhodesia, 1893–1940
A historical examination of the occurrence of pests and diseases in tobacco farming and the environmental impact in Southern Rhodesia.
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Nordenskiöld, an Early Pioneer of Nordic Conservation
The Finnish-Swedish explorer and scientist Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832–1901) became in 1878—1879 the first European explorer to sail the Northeast Passage. He was also one of the pioneers of the Nordic conservation movement, proposing the creation of national parks and the protection of endangered species.
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How Birds Became Europeans: Bird Protection Activists Cooperating across Borders for Supranational Protection
In April 1979, the European Communities (EC) adopted the Council Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds (79/409/EEC), the so-called “Birds Directive.”
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Prevention or Poisoning? Dilemmas in Urban Rat Control
Effective strategies for rat control based on ecology were invented in Baltimore in the 1940s. The program, however, did not last.
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River Rights at Rockhampton (a Rhetoric)
Rivers need property rights so that humans can live with floods.
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Housing for a Changing Climate: The Commonwealth Environmental Building Station in 1950s Australia
Houses made from earth have historically shaped environmental thinking in Australia.
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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 Day of the Waterfall: Tourism, Identity, and Gender at the Trollhättan Hydropower Plant
A close reading of the tourist spectacle devised to give a hydropower company an environmentally- and socially-friendly image.