Environmental History links

Call for Papers

Environmental Change, Agricultural Sustainability, and Economic Development in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam
Can Tho University, Can Tho, Vietnam. March 25-27, 2010.

Emphasis will be on papers that consider the social, cultural, and historical context and implications of agricultural practices and technology in the Mekong Delta. All paper presentations will be in English. The conference will include a field trip to rice growing areas in the Delta.

Full details at: H-Net or Can Tho University

For more information contact Mart Stewart, Professor, Department of History
Western Washington University, Bellingham, USA
e-mail mart.stewart@wwu.edu

Australian Sites


Australian Forest History Society

http://www.foresthistory.org.au
The Society operates as a friendly network of people interested in the history of Australia's and New Zealand's forests and woodlands. Members come from a wide variety of disciplines, backgrounds and walks of life. It was formed in 1988 and became formally incorporated in the ACT on 27 May 1998.

Australian Garden History Society

http://www.gardenhistorysociety.org.au
Publishes Australian Garden History six times a year

Ecological Humanities

http://www.ecologicalhumanities.org
The ecological humanities bring together ways of knowing and interacting with the world from the sciences and the humanities, as well as from indigenous and other 'non-western' worldviews, nourishing the connectivities and possibilities that these dialogues produce for people and the more-than-human environment.

Into the Desert

Into the desert: audio blog
Listen to Adjunct Professor Mike Smith as he narrates his trek with a string of camels into the southern Simpson Desert

Light Railway Research Society of Australia

http://www.lrrsa.org.au
Publishes Light Railways six times a year and books on forest and mining tramway systems

International Sites

Journals