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The men who meddled with nature
The ‘acclimatisation societies’ of the 19th century sought to ‘improve’ on the natural world by releasing non-native species into the wild. The effects were disastrous.
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How Indigenous insight inspires sustainable science
The forest of the Amazon Basin is inextricably bound up with the lives of the Indigenous peoples living there. Find out how they feel about the forest, use what it provides, and try to protect it from aggressive commercial exploitation.
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The big freeze
In recent years we’ve come to realise that global heating is our biggest threat. But it’s hard to shake off the fear of a return to ice-age conditions, the predominant narrative since the late 17th century.
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Hunting: a trap for a ploughed field (top), and details of a trap for roosting birds (below) Engraving, c.1762, by Prevost after L.J. Goussier.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Reference: 493498i- Books
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Maison rustique, or, the countrey farme / compyled in the French tongue by Charles Steuens, and Iohn Liebault ... and translated into English by Richard Surflet ... Now newly reuiewed, corrected, and augmented, with diuers large additions, out of the works of Serres his Agriculture, Vinet his Maison champestre, French, Albyterio [i.e. the 'Libro de albeyteria' of F. de la Reyna] in Spanish, Grilli [i.e. Gallo?] in Italian, and other authors. And the husbandry of France, Italie, and Spaine reconciled and made to agree with ours here in England: by Geruase Markham.
Estienne, Charles, 1504-approximately 1564.Date: 1616- Books
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Maison rustique, or the covntrey farme / compiled in the French tongue by Charles Steuens and John Liebault ... and translated into English by Richard Svrflet ... Also a short collection of the hunting of the hart, wilde bore, hare, fox, gray, cony; of birds and faulconrie.
Estienne, Charles, 1504-approximately 1564.Date: 1606- Books
Le vinti giornate dell'agricoltura, et de' piaceri della villa / Di M. Agostino Gallo.
Gallo, Agostino, 1499-1570.Date: 1628- Books
Delle caccie ... libro quattro, aggiuntovi 'n questa nuova impressione il quinto libro della villa / [Eugenio Raimondi].
Raimondi, Eugenio, active 17th century.Date: [1626]