Local Effects of Global Forest Conservation Policy: On Zapotec Resistance against a Protected Natural Area
This article looks at the controversial issue of forest conservation in the Southern Mexican state of Oaxaca.
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Thneeds Reseeds: Figures of Biocultural Hope in the Anthropocene
Thneeds Reseeds, a sculptural artwork by Deanna Pindell, is a biotactical intervention aimed at exposing and derailing dominant regimes for managing sylvan life. The “thneeds” are fuzzy softball-sized sculptures made from old sweaters. Left in the forest, these sculptures constitute brightly-colored habitats for forest plants and animals.
Sugar Town—The Day After
The film tells the story of how a small community and its environment can fall victim to the forces of disaster capitalism.
Human-Animal Conflicts in Kerala: Elephants and Ecological Modernity on the Agrarian Frontier in South India
This article argues that in contemporary Wayanad in Kerala, southern India, human-animal relations are embedded in a history of ecological modernity composed of three modes of encounter between agrarian change (capitalist settler agriculture) and forest conservation (state-led and globalizing). It suggests that the notions of “frontier,” “fortress,” and (precarious) “conviviality” best capture the historical and emerging environmental relations in this environment of crisis.
Nuhoniyeh—Our Story
Nuhoniyeh—Our Story provides a view on forced environmental migration.
The Last Yoik in Saami Forests?
The Last Yoik in Saami Forests? chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years.
Nadkarni, Nalini, "Conserving the Canopy"
Nalini Nadkarni explores the rich, vital world found in the tops of trees and communicates what she finds to non-scientists.
A Windfall for the Magnates: The Development of Woodland Ownership in Denmark c. 1150-1830
Examines the development of woodland ownership in Denmark from the Middle Ages to the first half of the nineteenth century.
"The Impact of River Engineering Works on the Dyje River Floodplain in the Czech Republic"
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.
Freytag, Nils, “Deutsche Umweltgeschichte—Umweltgeschichte in Deutschland. Erträge und Perspektiven” [German environmental history—environmental history in Germany. Achievements and perspectives]
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.