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Growing Change
This film examines the development of a new, more localized food system in Venezuela.
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Arcadia
Conquest of Beijing: Hidden Contributions of Climate Change to the Tumu Crisis, 1449–1450
The Tumu Crisis, a nomadic invasion of the Ming Dynasty in the 1450s, coincided with the Spörer Minimum—a period of cooler-than-average temperatures known for having triggered famines and unrest in Europe.
Multimedia | journal article
"The Quality of Life: What Quality? Whose Life?"
Sir Crispin Tickell scans what industrial countries can and have to do in order to give a lead in global arrangements to alleviate economic and ecological problems.
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Review of Global Environmental History: 10,000 BC to AD 2000 by Ian Gordon Simmons
Economic historian Paolo Malanima reviews a work of ambitious scale by geographer Ian Gordon Simmons.
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Boomgaard, Peter, Freek Colombijn, and David Henley, eds., Paper Landscapes: Explorations in the Environmental History of Indonesia
A collection of essays that explore the “paper landscapes” of the colonial literature and archives in search of the real environmental history of Indonesia.
Multimedia | journal article
“Mathematical Ecology, Evolution and the Social Sciences”
In this commentary, Simon A. Levin argues for the partnership between ecologists and economists.
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"Editorial Note: 'Pasts and Futures of Water'"
This editorial note introduces the four major conference themes of the 5th International Water History Association (IWHA) Conference ‘Pasts and Futures of Water’ in June 2007: (i) water, health and sanitation; (ii) water, food and economy; (iii) water and the city; and (iv) water governance and policy.
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Review of Pushing our Limits: Insights from Biosphere 2 by Mark Nelson
Krishna AchutaRao reviews the book Pushing our Limits: Insights from Biosphere 2 by Mark Nelson.
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"Creating Landscapes of Coexistence: Do Conservation Interventions Promote Tolerance of Lions in Human-dominated Landscapes?"
This paper uses a comparative case study approach to explore the individual and societal desire to maintain current lion populations alongside communities in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, Tanzania’s Ruaha National Park, and Kenya’s southern Maasailand.