forestry
Policing the Forest: State Resource Control in Java Indonesia
In Java, Indonesia, the State Forestry Agency (SFA) controls valuable production forests and views local peasant farmers as a threat. As a result, the SFA has established a militaristic style of forest security that also functions as a form of social control on the island.
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.
"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.
"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.
Earth First! 1, no. 2
In issue two of Earth First! the editors confirm their seriousness and invite readers to radicalize the conservation movement.
Highland Sanctuary: Environmental History in Tanzania's Usambara Mountains
Highland Sanctuary unravels the complex interactions among agriculture, herding, forestry, the colonial state, and the landscape in the Usambara mountains of Tanzania.
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.
The American People and the National Forests
A history of the role of American society in shaping the policies of the United States Forest Service.
"Conquering the Highlands: History of the Afforestation of the Scottish Uplands"
Jan Oosthoek explores the fascinating history of the afforestation of the Scottish uplands over the course of the twentieth century.