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NoMOSE: Contested Flood Barriers in Venice, Italy
In the early 2000s, a coalition of citizen-activists in Venice denounced the state’s massive flood-barrier project, raising public participation in the fate of the lagoon.
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Roças and queimadas: Changing Landscapes of Fire in Twentieth-Century Portugal
In 1966, historian Albert Silbert highlighted the longstanding importance of fire in the traditional Portuguese rural economy, at a time when such practices were being erased from the landscape.
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Freshwater Fish Invasion as Deliberate Neglect: Unpacking Multispecies Colonialism in West Papua
Indonesian state experts introduced invasive species into West Papua, a deliberate ecological disruption that advances a colonial agenda disguised as development.
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Making Methane Visible: From Local Leaks to EU Regulation
To what extent did the unveiling of gas leaks “scale up” a Romanian technical problem into an EU environmental issue?
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More Than Territory: The Cultural and Ecological Importance of Indigenous People’s Ties to the Andean-Amazonian Conservation Area Cordillera Escalera
The Andean-Amazonian conservation area Cordillera Escalera reveals the history of a forest whose ecological integrity is due to the native population’s efforts to preserve it.
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Of Rust and Mold—The Insect Pin as a Token of Transimperial Cooperation
Tropical humidity necessitated a quest for rust-proof insect pins, determining which specimens could be preserved, which tools could be used, and ultimately what knowledge could be produced in the Dutch East Indies.
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State Natural Areas and the Evolution of Land Conservation in Twentieth-Century Wisconsin
Land conservation initiatives underwent rapid change in early twentieth-century Wisconsin, culminating in the protection of hundreds of local natural areas scattered across the state.
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Between Salt and Water: The Environmental Crisis at Sambhar Lake, Rajasthan, India
Across a century and a half, colonial, private and government salt farming at Sambhar has transformed the ecology of the lake and caused a slow cataclysm of pollution, affecting wildlife and livelihoods.
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Turning Ash into Gold: The 1783 Mount Asama Eruption and the Tenmei Famine in Early Modern Japanese Satire
The 1783 Mount Asama eruption and the Tenmei Famine were reimagined through humor in early modern Japanese satire, revealing a world where rice, not riches, defined survival.
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Beaches to Blazes: Remembering the 1887 Cape Cod Wildfires Ahead of a Potentially Fiery Future
Although known today more for beaches than blazes, Cape Cod experienced severe wildfires in 1887 that—when remembered—draw attention to the region’s inherent flammability and need for fire-adaptive management.