"Editorial" for Environment and History 2, no.2, South Asia special issue (June, 1996)
Introduction to a special issue that reflects the rapid growth of research in environmental history now apparent throughout the South Asian region.
Introduction to a special issue that reflects the rapid growth of research in environmental history now apparent throughout the South Asian region.
The present environment of Australia represents a palimpsest which records a history of past climates, nutrient poor soils, burning, and increasing aridity. The details of the history are not readily disentangled…
Fourteen environmental historians investigate the rhetoric and realities of exotic, introduced, and ‘alien’ species.
Greece’s first national park, at Mount Olympus, the country’s highest mountain, is declared in 1938.
UNESCO recognizes the area’s exceptionally diverse flora and fauna and its value to scientific research.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) publishes its “Red List” of endangered animal and plant species.
Princess Augusta and Lord Bute establish the first botanic garden at Kew.
The Swedish physician and botanist Carl Linnaeus publishes the tenth edition of his book Systema Naturae, which then provides the foundations for modern zoological taxonomy.
English taxonomist John Ray’s History of Plants classified biological species in a new systematic way.
Due to the breadth of its content and illustrations, this book becomes a bestseller of the seventeenth century.