Resources exploitation and nature protection in the border lands of Qing China
Much research has been devoted to the impact of the expanding European empires and settler...
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The 2018 wildfires around the globe have been dramatic, prompting headlines about the world being...
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The timber frontier of Northern Sweden: a history of ecological and social transformation
Sweden is one of the largest timber exporters in Europe. The country has been an exporter since...
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Forestry in northern Europe: National Histories, Shared Legacies
Forest history in Europe is often focussed on individual nation states. It is true that all...
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Kangaroos and tanks: histories of militarised landscapes in Australia
Military operations can have repercussions for environments and landscapes a long way from the...
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The Watery ally: military inundations in Dutch history
For centuries, the Dutch have fought against their arch-enemy: water. But, during the Dutch War...
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Water pollution in the Dutch Peat Colonies of Groningen, 1850-1980
In the mid-19th century the first potato starch and strawboard factories were established in the...
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Water resilience in Western Australia since European Colonisation
When European Settlers arrived in Western Australia they brought their own conceptions of water...
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Environmental History of Tidal Power in the Severn Estuary
In recent decades the interest in renewable energy from sources such as wind, solar and tidal...
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Cultured nature: The Nature Scenery Act of the Netherlands
When thinking of national parks most people think of famous examples like Yellow Stone and...
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Contested climate: the debate on the climatic influence of forests - episode 2
How does one go about researching over a century of newspapers on the topic of the climatic...
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Contested climate: the debate on the climatic influence of forests – episode 1
Dating back to classical antiquity in the western world, the contested notion that climate was...
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Somerset, a ‘green and pleasant’ energy landscape?
With its agro-pastoral landscape of hedgerows, fields, and rolling hills and levels, often-sleepy...
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The Oldest Geordie: Environmental History of the River Tyne
Rivers are at the heart of defining the identity and lifestyle of many cities around the world,...
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Religion and the Origins of American Environmentalism
Ever since Lynn White’s 1967 essay on “The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis”, it is common...
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Out of this world: environmental history of near-Earth space
Since the early days of the Space Age spent rocket stages, decommissioned satellites, and rubbish...
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The UK National Grid: history of an energy landscape and its impacts
We take electricity for granted and do not think of where it comes from when we switch on a light...
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Environmental history of a hydrological landscape: the soughs of Derbyshire
Under the Peak District of Derbyshire is an subterranean network of drainage tunnels, the...
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Tin: a historical perspective on a networked resource
The history of human civilization is closely linked to the exploitation of mineral resources. It...
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Climate variability and population dynamics in prehistoric Australia
The first people to settle in Australia, ancestors of present day Aboriginals, arrived in...
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