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American Politics and the Environment
Full text of the second edition of American Politics and the Environment.
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"Learning From 'Actually Existing' REDD+: A Synthesis of Ethnographic Findings"
Synthesizing ethnographic case studies from mainland Southeast Asia, the authors critically review the implementation of REDD+, a UN project to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. They argue that REDD+ maps onto local power structures and political economies in its implementation, rendering it blunt as a tool for change.
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Everyday Futures: Australia in the Age of Humans
The project Everyday Futures explores the role museums can play in helping to make sense of Australia’s experiences during a time of rapid planetary change and global disruption.
Exhibition chapter
The Mangrove Doesn’t Forget | Ghosh in Munich
A woman returns to her ancestral home, where mangroves speak memory, loss, and land history long buried.
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"Invasive Narratives and the Inverse of Slow Violence: Alien Species in Science and Society"
Through a case study of the “invasive alien species” (IAS) narrative in South Africa, Susanna Lidström, Simon West, Tania Katzschner, M. Isabel Pérez-Ramos, and Hedley Twidle suggest that IAS oversimplifies the webs of ecological, biological, economic, and cultural relations to a simple “good” versus “bad” battle between easily discernible “natural” and “nonnatural” identities.
Arcadia
Climate Litigation in Brazil: The Case of Lagoa da Conceição
In 2021, a disaster in Florianópolis prompted a lawsuit that might have far-reaching effects on environmental law.
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Interview with Ronald L. Trosper, author of Indigenous Economics: Sustaining Peoples and Their Lands
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Ronald L. Trosper is interviewed on his recent book, Indigenous Economics: Sustaining Peoples and Their Lands .
Arcadia
“Citizens of a Watershed”: The Colorado River Compact and the Exigencies of Drought
The premises of water allocation legislation came under harsh scrutiny in the early 2000s as severe drought plagued the American Southwest.
Perspectives Article
On the Edge of Environmental History
Richard Walker expresses concern over the current state of environmental history, urging it to adopt a more assertive and impactful role in addressing pressing global issues like climate change and species extinction.
Perspectives Article
Recapturing Justice and Passion in Enviromental History: A Future Path
Jane Carruthers traces the development of environmental history, showing how it emerged in the 1970s from the environmental movement with a focus on addressing urgent issues such as resource depletion, climate change, and sustainability, while aiming to bridge the sciences and humanities.