guano

"Mining the Reefs and Cays: Coral, Guano and Rock Phosphate Extraction in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, 1844–1940"

Daley and Griggs present documentary and oral history evidence to show that the extent and severity of mining in the Great Barrier Reef has been hitherto neglected in environmental histories of the ecosystem.

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Guano war on Peru's Chincha Islands

Guano, one of the main export goods in South America in the mid-nineteenth century, becomes a central cause of the Chincha Islands War.

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Nationalization of guano in Peru

Peru nationalizes its guano reserves, beginning a period historians refer to as “the guano age.”

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Environmental Politics

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Peru