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A Muddy Transnational Park: The Wadden Sea
Several national parks along the Wadden Sea coastline between the Netherlands and Germany have become part of the United Nations transboundary Wadden Sea World Heritage site.
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The Kauri Case—Native Nature and National Identity in Titirangi, New Zealand
The article discusses the role of native trees as representatives of national identity and belonging.
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Mobilization against Genetically Modified Organisms in Portugal
This article studies mobilization against GMOs in Portugal since the 1990s.
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“Yanqui Cotton Patch”: US Development Aid and Pesticide Use in Nicaragua
This article explores the impact of extensive pesticide use in Nicaragua after World War Two.
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Bonbibi: A Religion of the Forest in the Sundarbans
The cult of Bonbibi worship in the Sundarbans mangrove forests can inform conservation practices.
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Removing the People: The Creation of Canada’s Kouchibouguac National Park
The creation of Kouchibouguac National Park along Canada’s Atlantic coast in the province of New Brunswick came at the cost of removing 1,200 residents from their lands.
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Cosmopolitan Trout: The 1883 Fisheries Exhibition and the Global Expansion of Fish Culture
Between 1875 and 1925, trout expanded beyond their native haunts to inhabit every corner of the globe. London’s Fisheries Exhibition in 1883 was a catalyst that ignited a transnational fish-culture revolution and turned trout into a cosmopolitan species.
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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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Killing Cats in Garmisch
The Garmisch cat murder trial spotlights the hostility of the bird protection community towards felines.
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Ukraine and Camels: Features of the Incorporation into the Steppe Landscape
This Arcadia article is about how camels used, until recently, to be a central feature of the steppe landscape of Southern Ukraine.