Multimedia | journal article
"What is Global Environmental History?"
Gabriella Corona in conversation with Piero Bevilacqua, Guillermo Castro, Ranjan Chakrabarti, Kobus du Pisani, John R. McNeill, and Donald Worster.
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Melinda Laituri on "Integrated Environmental History of Watersheds"
Melinda Laituri, Carson fellow from February to May 2011, talks about her research project, “Integrated Environmental History of Watersheds,” a comparative, historical-geographical analysis of the Danube and the Colorado rivers.
Multimedia | book, full-text
A History of Environmental Politics Since 1945
An overview of environmental affairs in the United States, from the 1940s onward.
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Only One Earth: Stockholm and the Beginning of Modern Environmental Diplomacy
The 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm marked a watershed in the evolution of humanity’s relationship with the earth and global concern about the environment. While most of the conference’s accomplishments were mainly rhetorical, its ultimate success was that environmental policy became a universal concern within international diplomacy. Sweden, as the host country, played no minor role in achieving this outcome.
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"Waiting for a Fair Future . . . Talking about Environment, Well-Being, and Justice with Wolfgang Sachs"
Environmental historian Federico Paolini talks to Wolfgang Sachs, head of the Berlin office of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, and Energy, about some of today’s major environmental issues. These range from ecological justice to resources, development, and climate.
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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.
Multimedia | film profile
Rising Waters: Global Warming and the Fate of the Pacific Islands
This documentary approaches global warming with relation to the human and cultural dimension in several Pacific inslands.
Multimedia | book profile
Globalization, Health, and the Environment: An Integrated Perspective
Leading health scholars reveal the impact of globalization on human health, as it is mediated through environmental change.
Multimedia | book profile
Science and International Policy: Regimes and Nonregimes in Global Governance
Introduces nonregimes into the study of global governance, and compares successes with failures in the formation of environmental treaties.
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South African Eden – The Kruger National Park
Striving to create a “South African Eden,” the Kruger National Park was established in 1926 under the leadership of warden James Stevenson-Hamilton. Since this time, the park has developed into one the greatest and most renowned game reserves in the world.