Sustainability and the Origins of Wildland Fire Research
Arcadia, 2015, no. 13
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forestry
forests
Conservation and Forestry in the American Tropics: John Clayton Gifford in Puerto Rico
Norwegian Government Implements Carbon Tax on Emissions due to Acid Rain
In the early 1970s industrialization in Norway causes acid rainfall which damage indigenous spruce forests. As a result, the government implements a market-based carbon tax on fossil fuels in order to control pollution levels and decrease acid rainfall.
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Earth First! 5, no. 5
In this issue of Earth First! an essay by Bob Spertus on the “Dark Side of Wilderness” is featured; Michael Hamilton discusses professionalism, compromise, and co-option in the environmental movement; and news items from Alaska to Africa, from Florida to British Columbia, about forests, deserts, and beaches are presented.
Policing the Forest: State Resource Control in Java Indonesia
In Java, Indonesia, the State Forestry Agency (SFA) controls valuable production forests and views local peasant farmers as a threat. As a result, the SFA has established a militaristic style of forest security that also functions as a form of social control on the island.
The Sundarbans Inscripted as UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Sundarbans, one of the largest remaining areas of mangroves in the world with an exceptional level of biodiversity, is inscripted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Black Stork, White Stork
An ethnographic documentary film that follows an aging misfit bachelor as he negotiates his status in a world changed by nature conservation and the loss of traditional farming and forestry in Poland’s Białowieża Forest.
Africa’s Mountains: Collecting and Interpreting the Past
This essay addresses the challenges of collecting and interpreting data for environmental history in East Africa’s highlands.
The Challenge of Scale in Environmental History: A Small Meditation on a Large Matter
Using the example of mountains in South America, this article illustrates how different ways of thinking about scale can shape the questions we ask.
The Great Fire of 1910
A massive wildfire, commonly referred to as the Big Blowup, ravished 3 million acres of woods and burned down everything in its path. In response to the devastation the US Forest Service changed their fire management strategies and policies.
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