“The Value of Fragments: Making a Hotspot in Mount Nimba, Liberia”
Emmanuelle Roth and Gregg Mitman write about how capitalism fragments nature to create value. Such fragments can precipitate biodiversity loss.
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“La ‘prochaine épidémie’: Domination et émergences”
This review of Human Extinction and the Pandemic Imaginary, published by Christos Lynteris on the brink of the COVID-19 epidemic, problematises the tension between a dominant pandemic imaginary, perpetuated by outbreak preparedness policies and the media, and an emergent imaginary, historically and geographically.
The Cactus Hunters: Desire and Extinction in the Illicit Succulent Trade
A book exploring the world of succulent collecting.
“Dave Foreman: Wise Guy”
An essay by Bron Taylor on Dave Foreman first published in the edited volume Wildeor: The Wild Life and Living Legacy of Dave Foreman (Essex Editions, 2023).
Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean
A book by Christina Gerhardt that weaves together essays, maps, art, and poetry to show us—and make us see—island nations in a warming world.
“Monarchs of the Great Plains: Plant Power and Colonial Legacies in North America”
In this article, historian Sara M. Gregg considers the connections between North America’s Monarch butterflies, milkweed, and the legacy of European settlement.
Anthropocene Days
A book by John Dargavel on how humans experience the Anthropocene in everyday life.
Sight and Sound: Beyond the Huia Extinction Story
Arcadia, Spring 2023, no. 2
From Wilderness to Breeding Farms: The Domestication of the Chinchilla lanigera
Arcadia, Autumn 2022, no. 15
The Life, Extinction, and Rebreeding of Quagga Zebras: Significance for Conservation
A book on the extinct quagga, a pony-sized zebra that inhabited southern Africa.