Gary Martin on "The Adaption of Local Knowledge Societies and Systems to Global Change"
Gary Martin talks about his research, which draws on case studies that he has developed through the Global Diversity Foundation (GDF) over the last decade.
Gary Martin talks about his research, which draws on case studies that he has developed through the Global Diversity Foundation (GDF) over the last decade.
The eighteen chapters of Restoration of Puget Sound Rivers examine geological and geomorphological controls on river and stream characteristics and dynamics, biological aspects of river systems in the region, and the application of fluvial geomorphology, civil engineering, riparian ecology, and aquatic ecology in efforts to restore Puget Sound Rivers
Highland Sanctuary unravels the complex interactions among agriculture, herding, forestry, the colonial state, and the landscape in the Usambara mountains of Tanzania.
David Schmidtz argues that “the philosophies of both conservation and preservationism can fail by their own lights, since trying to put their respective principles of conservationism or preservationism into institutional practice can have results that are the opposite of what the respective philosophies tell us we ought to be trying to achieve.”
Allan Curtis and Terry De Lacey analyze perceptions of the Australian grassroots movement “Landcare” through landholder surveys, thereby discussing wider concepts of natural resource management, stewardship and sustainable agriculture in Australia.
Wild Earth 9, no. 4 features visionary essays that reimagine the future. Topics include abolitionism and preservationism, the environment and the US constitution, and the Buffalo Commons.
This film focuses on the struggle for survival faced both by European bluefin tuna and the fishermen who depend on them for their livelihoods.
This award-winning documentary sheds new and positive insight on the importance of indigenous knowledge for conservation and how indigenous commerce could save the mighty Amazon rainforest.
This film explores the social dimensions of the illegal rhino horn trade in South Africa.
Little-known information is presented on the efforts to set up eider farms in the USSR between 1930 and 1960.