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Small-Scale Fisheries versus Whale-Watching Tourism: The Story of Puerto López
This article addresses the social implications of fishers leaving activities connected with small-scale fisheries, with an emphasis on food sovereignty.
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Layers of Meaning and Layers of Time in a Former Russian Peat Mining Region
This article explores the social and ecological legacies of the peat industry in Russia and the different meanings that people attach to peatlands after the end of peat extraction.
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A Perfect Storm in the Amazon Wilderness
Chapters from Timothy J. Killeen’s book A Perfect Storm in the Amazon Wilderness.
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Beyond the Exhibition | Ecopolis München 2019
Ecopolis München 2019: Environmental Stories of Discovery is an exhibition on Munich’s environmental histories. It showcases the final projects of students in the Environmental Studies Certificate Program of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. The stories told in this exhibition ask: to whom does the urban world belong and what do we want the urban environment of the future to look like?
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Hertz: Electromagnetic Waves
On November 11, 1886, Heinrich Hertz, the pioneer of high-frequency and radio technology, for the first time observed the propagation of an electromagnetic wave with this setup.
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Manoomin: The Taming of Wild Rice in the Great Lakes Region
Wild rice was “tamed” when domesticated in the 1950s, yet both cultivated and foraged wild rice face shared contemporary challenges.
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The Northwest Passage as a Question of Sovereignty | The Northwest Passage
To whom does the Northwest Passage belong? Historian Elene Baldassarri writes about the politics of the Far North. This is a chapter of the virtual exhibition “The Northwest Passage: Myth, Environment, and Resources.”
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Ecological Impacts of Land Struggles in Makonde District, Zimbabwe: 1890 to Present
In 2000, the government restored land resources to the indigenous people of Zimbabwe. The chaotic land reform caused widespread environmental problems.
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Humans and Other Pollinators in the Oil Palm Plantation Complex
Humans have a long history of meddling in the oil palm’s sex life.
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Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site
A fierce land-use dispute evolved over the temperate rainforests of the Haida Gwaii Islands in British Columbia, Canada, in 1974.