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Small Farmers, Their Association, and the Transformation of the Australian Sugar Industry
This article shows how rural collective action in tropical Australia transformed plantations into small farms in the late nineteenth century.
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How a Catastrophic Flood of the Gürbe River Triggered the Rethinking of Local Flood Protection
From channelizations to renaturations—the catastrophic flood of the Gürbe River in July 1990 prompted profound changes in approaches to flood protection.
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Anaconda’s Pipelines: Water Supply Problems of a Desert Region
This essay explores the paradoxical relationship between extractive activities of the mining company Anaconda and indigenous villages of Atacama, Chile.
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"When Race and Social Equity Matters in Nature Conservation in Post-apartheid South Africa"
The authors draw on empirical experience to assess the extent of the impact of race and social equity in conservation, with the aim of promoting sustainable and more inclusive conservation practices in South Africa. Their findings suggest conservation practices in post-apartheid South Africa are still exclusionary for the majority black population.
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Defending the Shoreline: From Cannon to Beach Nourishment in Gulf Islands National Seashore
Previously military fortifications, the barrier islands along the northern Gulf Coast of the United States today protect against climate change.
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"What the Gringos Brought: Local Perspectives on a Private Protected Area in Chilean Patagonia"
The authors explore the case of a Privately Protected Area (PPA) in Chilean Patagonia to learn its impact on local residents. Based on in-depth, semi-structured interviews, they find that the park has been detrimental to local livelihoods, has disrupted systems of production, and has elicited a negative emotional response.
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"The Displacement of Insufficiently ‘Traditional’ Communities: Local Fisheries in the Pantanal"
This paper uses data from a long-term ethnography of both the local people and the conservation agenda in the Pantanal wetland, Brazil, to discuss how environmentalists used the National Policy for the Sustainable Development of Traditional Peoples and Communities (PNDSPCT) to justify the displacement of local people.
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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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The Reverse of the Sublime: Dilemmas (and Resources) of the Anthropocene Garden
Serenella Iovino uses the garden as a lens to analyze the impacts of old and new forms of aestheticizing nature on the geology of our planet.
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Resistance in the Midst of the Anthropocene: The Rise and Fall of Artificial Earthquakes at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, 1962–1966
This article explores the materialization of the Anthropocene at the local level.