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A visible geography of invisible journeys: Central American migration and the politics of survival [PDF]

, 2018
Human rights groups have called undocumented Central American migrants the ‘invisible victims’ of criminal violence in Mexico. However, the geography of the unauthorised migration route through Mexico is highly visible; its location, protocols and ...
Brigden, Noelle K.
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‘Wild land’: a concept in search of space [PDF]

, 2004
This paper sets out the general background context surrounding the issue of wild land in Scotland. It explores definitions of wild land and related concepts, identifies key issues associated with wild land in Scotland, and explores the question of the ...
Powell, John R, Sarlov-Herlin, I, Slee, Bill   +2 more
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A social-ecological impact assessment for public lands management: application of a conceptual and methodological framework

Ecology and Society, 2016
According to the U.S. National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), federal action to manipulate habitat for species conservation requires an environmental impact statement, which should integrate natural, physical, economic, and social sciences in ...
Amanda L. Bentley Brymer, Joseph D. Holbrook, Ryan J. Niemeyer, Alexis A. Suazo, J. D. Wulfhorst, Kerri T. Vierling, Beth A. Newingham, Timothy E. Link, Janet L. Rachlow   +8 more
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Embodied memorial practices as resistance: fighting against Indigenous erasure in US-American National Parks

Diffractions
As their name suggests, national parks are public spaces linked to a sense of national identity and memory. In the United States, national parks are framed as “untouched” wilderness – a narrative that obscures the long history of Native presence and ...
Anna Köhler
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Protection status and proximity to public‐private boundaries influence land use intensification near U.S. parks and protected areas

Conservation Science and Practice, 2020
Public parks and protected areas are highly valued resources for recreation, education, and conservation of species and ecosystems. Increased demand for exurban lifestyles near protected areas may threaten these services, but to date research has been ...
Jelena Vukomanovic, Kunwar K. Singh, John B. Vogler, Ross K. Meentemeyer   +3 more
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Landscape History and Theory: from Subject Matter to Analytic Tool [PDF]

, 2004
This essay explores how landscape history can engage methodologically with the adjacent disciplines of art history and visual/cultural studies.
Birksted, Jan Kenneth
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Aliens in the Garden [PDF]

, 2009
This Article examines environmental rhetoric and argues that a nationalist conception of nature has long distorted environmental policies. Environmental discourse frequently seeks to explain the natural world by reference to the world of nations, a ...
Goldstein, Jared A.
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Updating New York’s Constitutional Environmental Rights [PDF]

, 2017
The stakes are high as New York State considers whether to amend the constitution. The electorate contemplates the gathering crises of sea level rise, disruption of weather patterns, intensified summer heat waves, and other climate change impacts.
Robinson, Nicholas A.
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Can the mid-Holocene provide suitable models for rewilding the landscape in Britain? [PDF]

, 2009
Palaeoecologists have been encouraging us to think about the relevance of the Holocene fossil record for nature conservation for many years (e.g. Buckland 1993) but this information seems slow to filter through to the conservation community.
Buckland, Paul C., Bullock, J.M., Hodder, Kathryn H., Kirby, Keith K.   +3 more
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Wilderness networks contributed the efforts of existing protected area networks: The cost-effective comparison among multiple conservation scenarios

Global Ecology and Conservation
Biodiversity loss is a pressing global issue, with protected areas and Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs) identified as crucial strategies for conservation.
Faxiang Hu, Kunyuan Wanghe, Xinle Guo, Shahid Ahmad, Aihua Fu, Menghan Deng, Shiwei Lin, Xiaofeng Luan   +7 more
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