Monograph series of the Socio-Economic History Society, Japan, 2015
In the past decade or so, ‘environment’ has been picked up as a theme at many conferences of acad... more In the past decade or so, ‘environment’ has been picked up as a theme at many conferences of academic societies including the Socio-Economic History Society. It can be said that attempts have already been made to rewrite the history from the viewpoint of the interaction between humans and the environment, reconsidering the conventional historiography which has dealt only with human societies.
A great deal of research has been conducted on the development of resource management and conserv... more A great deal of research has been conducted on the development of resource management and conservation in the British Empire. However, few studies explain how much and in what way colonial science impacted the beginning of the global governance of natural resources. This paper explores the process by which the global resource management scheme was designed in the United Nations and considers the impact of conservation ideas and practices in the British Empire. It mainly deals with the United Nations Scientific Conference on the Conservation and Utilization of Resources (hereafter UNSCCUR), which was held at Lake Success, New York in 1949. This conference brought together over 700 experts from 52 countries.
International review of environmental history, Dec 19, 2022
This study first examines the process by which the forest management system was developed in the ... more This study first examines the process by which the forest management system was developed in the British Empire, focusing on colonial foresters' arguments concerning the question of indigenous land use. This study argues that by the early twentieth century, new forestry practices called the 'taungya' and 'village forest' had been devised to manage indigenous land use, such as shifting cultivation, in colonies. These 'hybrid' forestry practices, which evolved from encounters between European forestry models and indigenous land use in colonial regions, were incorporated into empire forestry networks. This study's findings reveal how the hybrid colonial forestry practices were argued in multiple forestry networks after the Second World War. This was accomplished by considering the continuity and shifts in the postcolonial forestry networks, by examining the arguments for and against the taungya, from the late 1940s to the 1960s. The Empire/Commonwealth Forestry Conference and the World Forestry Congress were analysed primarily to explore how foresters of newly independent countries, former colonial British foresters, and other experts committed to international technical assistance, considered this issue.
A great deal of research has been conducted on the development of resource management and conserv... more A great deal of research has been conducted on the development of resource management and conservation in the British Empire. However, few studies explain how much and in what way colonial science impacted the beginning of the global governance of natural resources. This paper explores the process by which the global resource management scheme was designed in the United Nations and considers the impact of conservation ideas and practices in the British Empire. It mainly deals with the United Nations Scientific Conference on the Conservation and Utilization of Resources (hereafter UNSCCUR), which was held at Lake Success, New York in 1949. This conference brought together over 700 experts from 52 countries.
Monograph Series of the Socio-Economic History Society, Japan, 2015
In the past decade or so, ‘environment’ has been picked up as a theme at many conferences of acad... more In the past decade or so, ‘environment’ has been picked up as a theme at many conferences of academic societies including the Socio-Economic History Society. It can be said that attempts have already been made to rewrite the history from the viewpoint of the interaction between humans and the environment, reconsidering the conventional historiography which has dealt only with human societies.
A great deal of research has been conducted on the development of resource management and conserv... more A great deal of research has been conducted on the development of resource management and conservation in the British Empire. However, few studies explain how much and in what way colonial science impacted the beginning of the global governance of natural resources. This paper explores the process by which the global resource management scheme was designed in the United Nations and considers the impact of conservation ideas and practices in the British Empire. It mainly deals with the United Nations Scientific Conference on the Conservation and Utilization of Resources (hereafter UNSCCUR), which was held at Lake Success, New York in 1949. This conference brought together over 700 experts from 52 countries.
Monograph series of the Socio-Economic History Society, Japan, 2015
In the past decade or so, ‘environment’ has been picked up as a theme at many conferences of acad... more In the past decade or so, ‘environment’ has been picked up as a theme at many conferences of academic societies including the Socio-Economic History Society. It can be said that attempts have already been made to rewrite the history from the viewpoint of the interaction between humans and the environment, reconsidering the conventional historiography which has dealt only with human societies.
A great deal of research has been conducted on the development of resource management and conserv... more A great deal of research has been conducted on the development of resource management and conservation in the British Empire. However, few studies explain how much and in what way colonial science impacted the beginning of the global governance of natural resources. This paper explores the process by which the global resource management scheme was designed in the United Nations and considers the impact of conservation ideas and practices in the British Empire. It mainly deals with the United Nations Scientific Conference on the Conservation and Utilization of Resources (hereafter UNSCCUR), which was held at Lake Success, New York in 1949. This conference brought together over 700 experts from 52 countries.
International review of environmental history, Dec 19, 2022
This study first examines the process by which the forest management system was developed in the ... more This study first examines the process by which the forest management system was developed in the British Empire, focusing on colonial foresters' arguments concerning the question of indigenous land use. This study argues that by the early twentieth century, new forestry practices called the 'taungya' and 'village forest' had been devised to manage indigenous land use, such as shifting cultivation, in colonies. These 'hybrid' forestry practices, which evolved from encounters between European forestry models and indigenous land use in colonial regions, were incorporated into empire forestry networks. This study's findings reveal how the hybrid colonial forestry practices were argued in multiple forestry networks after the Second World War. This was accomplished by considering the continuity and shifts in the postcolonial forestry networks, by examining the arguments for and against the taungya, from the late 1940s to the 1960s. The Empire/Commonwealth Forestry Conference and the World Forestry Congress were analysed primarily to explore how foresters of newly independent countries, former colonial British foresters, and other experts committed to international technical assistance, considered this issue.
A great deal of research has been conducted on the development of resource management and conserv... more A great deal of research has been conducted on the development of resource management and conservation in the British Empire. However, few studies explain how much and in what way colonial science impacted the beginning of the global governance of natural resources. This paper explores the process by which the global resource management scheme was designed in the United Nations and considers the impact of conservation ideas and practices in the British Empire. It mainly deals with the United Nations Scientific Conference on the Conservation and Utilization of Resources (hereafter UNSCCUR), which was held at Lake Success, New York in 1949. This conference brought together over 700 experts from 52 countries.
Monograph Series of the Socio-Economic History Society, Japan, 2015
In the past decade or so, ‘environment’ has been picked up as a theme at many conferences of acad... more In the past decade or so, ‘environment’ has been picked up as a theme at many conferences of academic societies including the Socio-Economic History Society. It can be said that attempts have already been made to rewrite the history from the viewpoint of the interaction between humans and the environment, reconsidering the conventional historiography which has dealt only with human societies.
A great deal of research has been conducted on the development of resource management and conserv... more A great deal of research has been conducted on the development of resource management and conservation in the British Empire. However, few studies explain how much and in what way colonial science impacted the beginning of the global governance of natural resources. This paper explores the process by which the global resource management scheme was designed in the United Nations and considers the impact of conservation ideas and practices in the British Empire. It mainly deals with the United Nations Scientific Conference on the Conservation and Utilization of Resources (hereafter UNSCCUR), which was held at Lake Success, New York in 1949. This conference brought together over 700 experts from 52 countries.
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