In 2000, the government restored land resources to the indigenous people of Zimbabwe. The chaotic land reform caused widespread environmental problems.
The First International Conference on Iceberg Utilization, held at Iowa State University in October 1977, contributed to the formation of nascent hydrologics in the late 1970s.
Once a denuded gold mining landscape, now a National Heritage Park, this place is site of emerging environmental histories of post-colonizing, post-mining lands.
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