Commonwealth Forestry And Environmental History

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Commonwealth Forestry And Environmental History

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Author : Vinita Damodaran
language : en
Publisher: Primus Books
Release Date : 2020-11-13

Commonwealth Forestry And Environmental History written by Vinita Damodaran and has been published by Primus Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-13 with Forest conservation categories.

Contemporary anxieties about global warming and climate change impacts have unsettled the ways in which we think about environmental politics and human history. Intense discussions have already begun over whether we need to reconsider what we understand by the term 'environmental change' and if humans have truly become a 'geo-physical' force. Put differently, how should we recast our understanding of the planet's varied environmental pasts in order to make sense of the Anthropocene present? This collection of 19 essays on forestry and environmental change in the erstwhile colonies of the British Empire builds on Richard Grove's quest for achieving a 'global synthesis' as efforts towards writing environmental histories on a planetary scale. The Commonwealth of Nations as a single environmental bloc for study, enquiry and historical scrutiny, explores connected environmental histories, compares dissimilar ecological regions and debates ideologies for environmental management.

Forest And Environmental History Of The British Empire And Commonwealth

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Author : Indiana Extension Homemakers Association
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003

Forest And Environmental History Of The British Empire And Commonwealth written by Indiana Extension Homemakers Association and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with categories.

Empire Forestry And The Origins Of Environmentalism

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Author : Gregory Allen Barton
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2002-10-17

Empire Forestry And The Origins Of Environmentalism written by Gregory Allen Barton and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-10-17 with History categories.

What we now know of as environmentalism began with the establishment of the first empire forest in 1855 in British India, and during the second half of the nineteenth century, over ten per cent of the land surface of the earth became protected as a public trust. Sprawling forest reservations, many of them larger than modern nations, became revenue-producing forests that protected the whole 'household of nature', and Rudyard Kipling and Theodore Roosevelt were among those who celebrated a new class of government foresters as public heroes. Imperial foresters warned of impending catastrophe, desertification and global climate change if the reverse process of deforestation continued. The empire forestry movement spread through India, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and then the United States to other parts of the globe, and Gregory Barton's study looks at the origins of environmentalism in a global perspective.

Managing Northern Europe S Forests

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Author : K. Jan Oosthoek
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2018-02-19

Managing Northern Europe S Forests written by K. Jan Oosthoek and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-19 with Science categories.

Northern Europe was, by many accounts, the birthplace of much of modern forestry practice, and for hundreds of years the region’s woodlands have played an outsize role in international relations, economic growth, and the development of national identity. Across eleven chapters, the contributors to this volume survey the histories of state forestry policy in Scandinavia, the Low Countries, Germany, Poland, and Great Britain from the early modern period to the present. Each explores the complex interrelationships of state-building, resource management, knowledge transfer, and trade over a period characterized by ongoing modernization and evolving environmental awareness.

Colonial Seeds In African Soil

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Author : Paul Munro
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2020-02-03

Colonial Seeds In African Soil written by Paul Munro and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-03 with Political Science categories.

“Empire forestry”—the broadly shared forest management practice that emerged in the West in the nineteenth century—may have originated in Europe, but it would eventually reshape the landscapes of colonies around the world. Melding the approaches of environmental history and political ecology, Colonial Seeds in African Soil unravels the complex ways this dynamic played out in twentieth-century colonial Sierra Leone. While giving careful attention to topics such as forest reservation and exploitation, the volume moves beyond conservation practices and discourses, attending to the overlapping social, economic, and political contexts that have shaped approaches to forest management over time.

The Commonwealth Forestry Review

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998

The Commonwealth Forestry Review written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Forests and forestry categories.

Stepping Back To Look Forward

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Author : Charles H. W. Foster
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Forest
Release Date : 1998

Stepping Back To Look Forward written by Charles H. W. Foster and has been published by Harvard University Forest this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.

This timely collection of essays - written by nine recognized forestry and environmental specialists - tells the story of the conservation, use, and changes in the Commonwealth's forests over time. The book traces the development of pre-settlement, colonial, and post-Revolutionary War forest practices, and concludes with recommendations as to how history might be used to inform and shape future policy. Underscored is the importance of private and local leadership, such as the unique Massachusetts town forest movement. Economic contributions and educational programs are detailed, as well as the ways Massachusetts' leadership has influenced national forestry. Written for the layperson, and reflecting the particular experience and style of each contributor, the history will appeal to a range of readers from local conservation activists to forestry professionals and policymakers.

Bia Owie A Primeval Forest Nature And Culture In The Nineteenth Century

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Author : Tomasz Samojlik
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-03-30

Bia Owie A Primeval Forest Nature And Culture In The Nineteenth Century written by Tomasz Samojlik and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-30 with Technology & Engineering categories.

Understanding the current state and dynamics of any forest is extremely difficult - if not impossible - without recognizing its history. Białowieża Primeval Forest (BPF), located on the border between Poland and Belarus, is one of the best preserved European lowland forests and a subject of myriads of works focusing on countless aspects of its biology, ecology, management. BPF was protected for centuries (15th-18th century) as a game reserve of Polish kings and Lithuanian grand dukes. Being, at that time, a part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, BPF was subject to long-lasting traditional, multi-functional utilisation characteristic for this part of Europe, including haymaking on forest meadows, traditional bee-keeping and fishing in rivers flowing through forest. This traditional model of management came to an abrupt end due to political change in 1795, when Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania ceased to exist in effect of partitioning by neighbouring countries, and the territory of BPF was taken over by the Russian Empire. The new Russian administration, influenced by the German trends in forestry, attempted at introducing the new, science-based forestry model in the BPF throughout the 19th century. The entire 19th century in the history of BPF is a story of struggle between new trends and concepts brought and implemented by new rulers of the land, and the traditional perception of the forest and forest uses, culturally rooted in this area and originating from mediaeval (or older) practices. The book will show the historical background and the outcome of this struggle: the forest’s history in the long 19th century focusing on tracking all cultural imprints, both material (artificial landscapes, introduced alien species, human-induced processes) and immaterial (traditional knowledge of forest and use of forest resources, the political and cultural significance of the forest) that shaped the forest’s current state and picture. Our book will deliver a picture of a crucial moment in forest history, relevant not only to the Central Europe, but to the continent in general. Moment of transition between a royal hunting ground, traditional type of use widespread throughout Europe, to a modern, managed forest. Looking at main obstacles in the management shift, the essential difference in perceptions of the forest and goods it provides in both modes of management, and the implications of the management change for the state of BPF in the long 19th century could help in better understanding the changes that European forests underwent in general.

Australia S Ever Changing Forests Ii

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Author : John Dargavel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993

Australia S Ever Changing Forests Ii written by John Dargavel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Science categories.

Eighteen papers dealing with Australias forest history and environmental history, many on a regional basis; cultural as well as natural environments are discussed; questions of assessing heritage values of forests.

Conference Papers

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993

Conference Papers written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with categories.