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.
"Soil: A Real and Imagined Environment for Australian Organic Farmers and Gardeners in the 1940s"
Jones explores the disparity between real and imagined environments in Australian organic farming and gardening during the 1940s.
"Landscape Histories: Mapping Environmental and Ecological Change Through the Landscape Art of the Swan River Region of Western Australia"
What can works of landscape art tell us about past ecologies? This article describes a pilot study in which a method for systematically recording the aesthetic, ecological and environmental content of landscape artworks was investigated.
"Using Oral History and Forest Management Plans to Reconstruct Traditional Non-Timber Forest Uses in the Swiss Rhone Valley (Valais) Since the Late Nineteenth Century"
In this study, the history of traditional non-timber forest uses is reconstructed by combining the analysis of forest management plans and the results from oral history interviews.
"Empires of Forestry: Professional Forestry and State Power in Southeast Asia, Part 2"
The second part of this two-part paper looks at the influence on forestry of knowledge and management practices exchanged through professional-scientific networks.
"The Rivers Come: Colonial Flood Control and Knowledge Systems in the Indus Basin, 1840s–1930s"
This essay traces the development of the physical and cultural infrastructure of colonial flood control in the Indus valley.