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"'Bridging Divides for Water': The Fifth World Water Forum (WWF) and the Alternative Water Forum"
A report on the activities and debates at the fifth World Water Forum held at Istanbul in March 2009.
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"From Fieldwork to Mutual Learning: Working with PRATEC"
This paper places the work of a Peruvian NGO (PRATEC), with which the author collaborates, within a broad context of the theory of knowledge.
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"The Role of NGOs in Environmental Policy Failures in a Developing Country: The Mismanagement of Jamaica's Coral Reefs"
In this paper, Michael Haley and Anthony Clayton discuss the role of NGOs in environmental policy failures in Jamaica.
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"Environmental Organisations in New Forms of Political Participation: Ecological Modernisation and the Making of Voluntary Rules"
In this article, Magnus Bostrom analyses the role of envrionmental organisations since the early 1960s.
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"Re-Negotiating Science in Environmentalists' Submissions to New Zealand's Royal Commission on Genetic Modification"
In this paper Tee Rogers-Hayden and John R. Campbell use the case of New Zealand’s Royal Commission on Genetic Modification to explore the application of science discourses as used by environmental groups.
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Wild Earth 10, no. 1
Wild Earth 10, no. 1, presents essays on the mission, vision, and purpose of “The Wildlands Project,” which aims “to design and implement systems of protected natural areas/wildlands networks across the continent.”
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"Moving Beyond the Nation State? Reflections on European Environmental History"
This historiographical essay outlines and discusses major trends within European environmental history by highlighting recent discussions and future possibilities regarding collaboration across national borders and contexts, and ultimately arguing for more transnational cooperation within the field of environmental history.
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International Organizations and Environmental Protection: Conservation and Globalization in the Twentieth Century
International Organizations and Environmental Protection comprehensively explores the environmental activities of professional communities, NGOs, regional bodies, the United Nations, and other international organizations during the twentieth century. It follows their efforts to shape debates about environmental degradation, develop binding intergovernmental commitments, and—following the seminal 1972 Conference on the Human Environment—implement and enforce actual international policies.
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Environmental Knowledge and Environmental Politics in Portugal: From Resistance to Incorporation
This article traces the development of environmentalism in Portugal, and particularly the role of environmental NGOs as producers of expert knowledge to be used in policy making. The Portuguese environmental movement has professionalized rather than formalizing as green political parties. Portuguese environmentalism has adapted and evolved under authoritarian regimes, neoliberalism, European integration, and the financial crisis.
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"Environmental Non-Government Organisations in China since the 1970s"
Fei Sheng traces the development of environmental non-government organizations (ENGOs) in China, and describes the challenges they face in the political and cultural spheres.