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Rothschild's Wilderness: How a Primeval Forest Survived the Timber Industry
History of the primeval forest Urwald Rothwald and how it survived through time.
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"Survival Strategies and the Environment: The Siwalik Forest Commons, 19th and 20th Centuries"
This paper documents features of the traditional systems of shamilat van or forest commons in the Siwalik forests of the Punjab and analyses their contribution to the agro-ecosystems of both local agriculturalists and pastoralists and the reciprocal system of rights, rules, and responsibilities devised by the users to ensure the survival of the forests.
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“The Most Beautiful Valley in Japan”: Kamikōchi, the Japan Alps, and National Parks in Japan
Kamikōchi is the southern gateway to the Japan Alps, which in 1934 was one of the first areas in Japan to be designated a national park. This was the result of a rapid rise to prominence that followed a 1927 newspaper poll of Japanese landscapes.
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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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Bombs and Biodiversity: A Case Study of Military Environmentalism in Australia
The history of Puckapunyal Military Training Area illustrates how war and the environment interact in sometimes unexpected ways.
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The Fen River in Taiyuan, China: Ecology, Revitalization, and Urban Culture
This case study reflects China’s environmental governance as a constantly evolving structure within the “environment-politics-society” nexus.
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Alistair Knox (1912–1986) and the Birth of Environmental Building in Australia
Environmental building in Australia as a form of communing with nature.
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Land Subsidence and the Reservoirs of the Washburn Valley
Water management can have profound effects upon the landscape.
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Chemical Rubble: Historicizing Toxic Waste in a Former Mining Town in Northern Chile
This article is an exploration of the chemical heritage of mining activities in northern Chile.
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Driving Germany: The Landscape of the German Autobahn, 1930-1970
Driving Germany is an in-depth exploration of the relationship between environmental and trafiic history in Germany, set against the political and ideological background of National Socialism.