This article analyzes how World War II impacted both the marine and the terrestrial environment of the North Atlantic, triggered major political and economic decisions with profound cultural implications, and eventually induced a change in ocean management.
International conservationists and researchers launch a three-year action plan to address the increasing endangerment of Madagascar’s endemic lemur population.
National parks are one of the most important and successful institutions in global environmentalism. Shifting the focus from the usual emphasis on national parks in the United States, Civilizing Nature adopts an historical and transnational perspective on the global geography of protected areas and its changes over time.
The Nature of German Imperialism: Conservation and the Politics of Wildlife in Colonial East Africa. Cover.
Gissibl, Bernhard. The Nature of German Imperialism: Conservation and the Politics of Wildlife in Colonial East Africa. New York, Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2016.
Wild Earth 12, no. 1, focuses on the causes, processes and recovery chances of biodiversity loss. It spotlights the Rocky Mountain locust, the passenger pigeon, wolves in Yellowstone, and the black-tailed prairie dog.
Wild Earth 12, no. 2, features essays on deep time and evolution, ecopsychology, animal indicators of ecosystem health, and a proposal for Pennsylvania’s Allegheny National Forest.
Wild Earth 12, no. 3, features essays on a cultural transformation towards sustainability, commerce and wilderness, the role of literary intellectuals in conservation, and the preservation of wildlands in Mexico.
Wild Earth 12, no. 4, features an interview with Sylvia Earle on “Our Oceans, Ourselves,” essays on worldwide fishing and consumer conscience, on launching a sea ethic, and the food web complexity in kelp forest ecosystems.
Wild Earth 13, no. 1, features essays that present contrasting views on mountain biking in the wilderness, the Clovis culture and origins of ecological awareness, as well as the National Wilderness Preservation System and wilderness abuse.
