"What is Global Environmental History?"
Gabriella Corona in conversation with Piero Bevilacqua, Guillermo Castro, Ranjan Chakrabarti, Kobus du Pisani, John R. McNeill, and Donald Worster.
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Banana Cultures: Agriculture, Consumption, and Environmental Change in Honduras and the United States
Examines the relationship between the mass consumption of a tropical commodity (bananas) in the United States, and environmental and social change in Honduras during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Biruté Galdikas's work with orangutans on Borneo
In 1971, Biruté Galdikas begins her long-term study of wild orangutans, which would greatly expand human scientific knowledge on these primates.
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Dian Fossey's Work with Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda
Fossey becomes a leading expert on mountain gorillas and advocates for their protection.
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Jane Goodall's long-term study of chimpanzees
Jane Goodall begins her decades-long study of social interactions of wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania.
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Strata: Deserts Past, Present and Future. An Environmental Art Project about a Significant Cultural Place
With reference to Puritjarra, a rock shelter in the Cleland Hills in western central Australia, this environmental art project examines the relationship between knowledge systems–be they indigenous, scientific, or artistic–and place.
Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (Madrid Protocol)
The Madrid Protocol provides for comprehensive protection of the Antarctic environment and dependent and associated ecosystems.
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Eruption of Volcano Mount Pelée on Martinique
The eruption’s analysis marks one of the beginnings of modern volcanology.
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Foundation of the Club Alpino Italiano
The Club Alpino Italiano, a gentlemen’s hiking group, was founded.
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The Founding of the London Zoo
The London Zoo becomes the world’s first scientific zoological garden.
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