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Conquering the Highlands: A History of the Afforestation of the Scottish Uplands
Jan Oosthoek tells in this book the story of how 20th century foresters devised ways to successfully reforest the poor Scottish uplands.
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"Cabbages and Kings: The Ethics and Aesthetics of New Forestry"
Alan MacQuillan discusses the advent of new forestry in the United States as representing a traumatic shift in the philosophy of national forestry praxis, a broadening of values to include aesthetics and sustainability of natural ecological process.
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Earth First! 1, no. 2
In issue two of Earth First! the editors confirm their seriousness and invite readers to radicalize the conservation movement.
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Booth, Douglas E., “Preserving Old-Growth Forest Ecosystems: Valuation and Policy”
Douglas E. Booth discusses valuation and policy surrounding preservation of old-growth forest ecosystems.
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"Listening to the Birds: A Pragmatic Proposal for Forestry"
In this essay, Nicole Klenk uses different interpretations of nature to make three distinct but related points relevant to forestry.
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Black Stork, White Stork
An ethnographic documentary film that follows an aging misfit bachelor as he negotiates his status in a world changed by nature conservation and the loss of traditional farming and forestry in Poland’s Białowieża Forest.
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Conservation and Forestry in the American Tropics: John Clayton Gifford in Puerto Rico
Ian Tyrrell recounts the debate between forestry and conservation in a colonial setting that led to the establishment of Luquillo National Forest in Puerto Rico in 1907.
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Sustainability and the Origins of Wildland Fire Research
At the 1873 annual meeting of AAAS, Franklin B. Hough argued for protection of America’s forests and conducted the first national investigation of wildland fire.
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Rainforest: The Limit of Splendour
This film follows the filmmaker to the remote temperate rainforest of Vancouver Island, and shows how modern logging, in contrast to indigenous forestry practices, is leading to its rapid extinction.
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American Environments: Climate–Cultures–Catastrophe
This volume focuses on environmental knowledge production in the United States by taking as starting points the impact of natural catastrophes and of public debates on climate change and environmental threats.