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- Benjamin Cohen is an Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia. He studies the place of science in environmental history, ethics, and policy. He also writes other stuff.

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Environmental histories of settlement in Canada and New Zealand

Category: Podcastia
Posted on: July 17, 2008 9:00 AM, by Benjamin Cohen

New Zealand and Canada both "received a significant number of settlers from Scotland and Ireland. Did these groups bring a particular set of land management techniques with them that had a particular impact on the landscape and environment? Did a particular conservation ethic develop among Scottish and Irish settlers?"

Find out in this new environmental history podcast. (Listen here)

What's more, read a review of the podcast here.

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