forests

Examines the development of woodland ownership in Denmark from the Middle Ages to the first half of the nineteenth century.

The aim of the present study is to investigate changes in the channel morphology and land use of the lower part of the Dyje River floodplain as a result of river engineering works.

The German historian Nils Freytag traces the development of environmental history in Germany, paying special attention to forests and hunting, urban environments, and links to cultural history.

Debojyoti Das’s review of an environmental history reader containing essays by Karl Jacoby, Alok Kumar Ghosh, Arun Bandopadhyay, Archana Prasad, Vinita Damodaran, Ritajyoti Bandhopadhyay, Kaushik Roy, Arabinda Samanta, Amal Das, Sahara Ahmed, Jagdish N. Sinha, Sumit Guha, Rita Pemberton, Lawrence G. Gundersen, and Tridib Chakraborty.

A summary of a document produced for the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe.

Jan Oosthoek tells in this book the story of how 20th century foresters devised ways to successfully reforest the poor Scottish uplands.

Jan Oosthoek explores the fascinating history of the afforestation of the Scottish uplands over the course of the twentieth century.

Eric Rutkow shows that trees were essential to the early years of the republic and indivisible from the country’s rise as both an empire and a civilization.

First published in 1933, The People’s Forests makes a passionate case for the public ownership and management of the nation’s forests in the face of generations of devastating practices.

This book provides the first comprehensive examination of nontimber forest products (NTFPs) in the United States, illustrating their diverse importance, describing the people who harvest them, and outlining the steps that are being taken to ensure access to them.