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The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador: Pachamama Has Rights
María Valeria Berros discusses the recognition of nature’s rights in Ecuador.
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Fishing for Empire: Settlement and Maritime Conflict in the Russian Far East
Imperial tensions in the Russian Far East led Russian officials to create a fishing fleet ex nihilo as a means to ousting foreign (primarily Chinese and Japanese) fishermen from strategically valuable waters.
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Entomology and Empire: Settler Colonial Science and the Campaign for Hawaiian Annexation
Pest control was a political act in late-nineteenth-century Hawaiʻi, helping sugarcane planters pursue annexation to the United States.
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Dead Zones and Toxic Algae Bloom in US Waters
Aquatic dead zones result from pollution caused by excessive fertilizer runoff and wastewater discharge. Their number and extent are increasing.
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Marching Activists: Transnational Lessons for Danish Anti-Nuclear Protest
Anti-nuclear activism in Denmark was characterized by information campaigns and peaceful marches.
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From Pulley to Pipe: The Decline of the Wells of Bangalore
This article investigates the transition of water supply in Bangalore, where wells were gradually replaced by piped water.
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Landscape of Insecurity: The Intricacies of Environmental Changes in Nigeria’s Oil-Rich Niger Delta Region
Once a benefit to humanity but now a scourge, the environment of the Niger Delta has been transformed into a haven for violence, militancy, and criminality.
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Blood in the Water: A Digital History Project on the Geography of Pontiac’s War, 1763
Digital tools reveal a geographic logic to the violence of Pontiac’s War.
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A Story of Two Parks: Historical Roots of Environmentalism under Authoritarian Regimes in Twenty-First Century Europe
This article analyzes the recent controversial environmental history of urban parks in Istanbul, Turkey, and Budapest, Hungary, under authoritarian regimes.
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Views from Above: Light Airplanes and Wildlife Research and Management in the Serengeti during the 1950s and 1960s
In the 1960s, real-time aerial observations supported mixed forms of land use in African national parks.