Focus on environmental history Author various authors Journal/Series IHDP Update | No. 2; 1 - 13; 13 p. Date 2005 Source IUCN (ID: ANA-073766) Publisher | Place of publication International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) Secretariat | Bonn, Germany Document type Article in periodical Language English Field of application International Country/Territory Poland Subject Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Policy/planning Protected area Economy and environment Marine area Forest management/forest conservation Disasters Mountain area Geographical area Alps, Africa Abstract Contents: 1. Modern global environmental history: A turbulent and dramatic scenario 2. Integrated history and future of people on Earth ( IHOPE) 3. A socio-ecological view on industrialisation in Europe since the 19th century 4. Africa's environmental history 5. Bialowieza primeval forest: The last remnant of pristine woodlands between conservation and eco-tourism 6. Disaster coping and prevention in the Swiss Alps in the early 19th century 7. Becoming aware of the seas' potential richness