"'Bridging Divides for Water': The Fifth World Water Forum (WWF) and the Alternative Water Forum"
A report on the activities and debates at the fifth World Water Forum held at Istanbul in March 2009.
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"International Conservation Governance and the Early History of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania"
An early history of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), Tanzania, during the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Alan Mikhail on his book Nature and Empire in Ottoman Egypt: An Environmental History
Interview with the author of one of the first environmental histories of the Ottoman Empire.
Fishing the Great Lakes: An Environmental History, 1783–1933
Traces the changing relationships between the fish resources and the people of the Great Lakes region.
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance signed in Ramsar
The Ramsar Convention establishes a framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation of wetlands and their resources.
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Constuction of the Hoover Dam Completed
The main function of the dam is flood control and the production of energy.
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Establishment of the International Joint Commission (IJC)
The commission provides mechanisms for resolving matters over waters bordering Canada and the USA.
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"Breaking New Ground? Gifford Pinchot and the Birth of 'Empire Forestry' in the Philippines, 1900–1905"
Professional forest management in the Philippines is largely attributed to the ideas and endeavours of American foresters such as Gifford Pinchot, George Ahern and Henry Graves who were instrumental in establishing the Insular Bureau of Forestry in 1900 and in passing the forestry laws of 1904 and 1905.
"Biodiversity and Traditional Land Use in South-Central Sweden: The Significance of Management Timing"
During the last 50–100 years, large numbers of species associated with semi-natural grassland have declined. One reason for this is the considerable reduction of grassland area. Another possible explanation is the loss of historical management practices.
"The Spectre at the Feast: The Emergence of Salt in Victoria's Irrigated Districts"
Salinity in Victoria’s irrigated districts can be understood as the result not only of environmental predisposition and technological inadequacies, but of a prevailing political philosophy which considered irrigation as a social and economic good per se.