Much research has been devoted to the impact of the expanding European empires and settler colonies in the 18thand 19thcenturies and their impacts on ...

The 2018 wildfires around the globe have been dramatic, prompting headlines about the world being on fire. The 2018 fire season is unusual in that so ...

Sweden is one of the largest timber exporters in Europe. The country has been an exporter since at least the early modern period. That is not surprisi...

Forest history in Europe is often focussed on individual nation states. It is true that all European countries have unique forest histories played out...

Military operations can have repercussions for environments and landscapes a long way from the battlefields. In the case of Australia most military ac...

For centuries, the Dutch have fought against their arch-enemy: water. But, during the Dutch War of Independence in the 16th and 17th centuries, the Du...

In the mid-19th century the first potato starch and strawboard factories were established in the Groningen Peat Colonies (Veenkoloniën) in the Norther...

When European Settlers arrived in Western Australia they brought their own conceptions of water security and agriculture with them. Initially the land...

In recent decades the interest in renewable energy from sources such as wind, solar and tidal power has steadily increased. However, this interest in ...

When thinking of national parks most people think of famous examples like Yellow Stone and Yosemite in the United States or the Serengeti in Tanzania....