"Degrading Land: An Environmental History Perspective of the Cape Verde Islands"
This paper discusses changes in land and vegetation cover and natural resources of the Cape Verde Islands since their colonisation by the Portuguese around 1460.
This paper discusses changes in land and vegetation cover and natural resources of the Cape Verde Islands since their colonisation by the Portuguese around 1460.
This paper argues that Marsh was not simply influenced by American versus European contrasts in environmental change, nor was his work based only on conservation ideas, being influenced also by the examples of acclimatisation movements within the British empire settlement colonies.
This article examines of the daily journals covering the first decade of Dutch VOC occupation of South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope, and the origins of European exploration, exploitation and conservation of natural resources at the Cape.
Intended to address the alarming rate of deforestation worldwide, this series documents the efforts of indigenous peoples across the globe to find alternatives to exploitative and destructive forest practices.
Should Trees Have Standing? continues to serve as the definitive statement as to why trees, oceans, animals, and the environment as a whole should be bestowed with legal rights.
Wild rice was “tamed” when domesticated in the 1950s, yet both cultivated and foraged wild rice face shared contemporary challenges.
Italian botanist Stefano Mancuso presents intriguing evidence for plant intelligence.
Ron Finley recounts his experiences planting vegetable gardens in unexpected places in South Central Los Angeles.
Projektion Natur is a collection of articles contextualising “green” genetic engineering within the debate about nature and society.
The Forest History Society is a nonprofit library and archive for forest-related literature and photography.