INTRODUCTION Towards a Global History of National Parks

Gißibl, Bernhard; Höhler, Sabine; Küpper, Patrick

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“…Economic reform demanded state modernization and resulted in the growth of bureaucracies, mainly in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico, countries with small urban middle classes and industries for nondurable goods (Haber 2006;Whitehead 1998Whitehead , 2006Drake 1991). This enhanced muscle allowed these countries to push state formation into a novel direction that was beginning to be implemented in other parts of the world (Gissibl, Höhler, and Kupper 2012;Howkins, Orsi, and Fiege 2016).…”

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Before Biodiversity: Trajectories of National Parks in Latin America (1930s–1980s)

Freitas,

Leal,

Wakild

2024

Lat. Am. res. rev.

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Almost a century ago, long before biodiversity expressed a scientific value for nature, Latin American countries began establishing national parks. Today, they represent over 6 percent of Latin America’s landmass. By considering national park creation across a broad regional span and six crucial decades, this article explains a mode of state formation focused on caring for nature instead of just exploiting it. It examines how national parks expanded in the region by identifying three consequent trajectories: the use of these conservation units for frontier development in Argentina and as part of a broader project seeking social justice in Mexico; the formation of more haphazard park initiatives in various countries, taking Brazil and Chile as main examples; and the development of ecologically coherent park systems through the cases of Peru and Colombia. The article also addresses the role of science (especially forestry) and international cooperation in shaping national parks. In this manner, it uncovers the paths that faded from view after the idea that parks intend to protect biodiversity took hold and illustrates a rarely acknowledged aspect of state expansion.

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Before Biodiversity: Trajectories of National Parks in Latin America (1930s–1980s)

Freitas,

Leal,

Wakild

2024

Lat. Am. res. rev.

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“…The invisibility of Sami culture, and of people with other appearances than the ones mentioned above, marginalizes and excludes many people and makes it seem as though the national parks exist only for a white minority of outdoor-oriented people. National parks are often said to be pieces of national pride and made for the people of the nation (e.g., Frost & Hall 2009;Gissibl, Höhler & Kupper 2012), but this reveals the opposite. The targeted approach toward a specific populace is distinct, and it ignores the broader palette of people living in Sweden.…”

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“…One understanding of national parks, which dates back to the 1800s and the establishment of the world's first national parks in the United States, depicts them as environmentalist-oriented protectors of original pieces of nature (Grusin 2004;Gissibl, Höhler & Kupper 2012;Patin 2012). Around the transition from the nineteenth to the twentieth century, several enthusiasts and a growing environmentalist movement worked intensively to persuade the government to establish the first parks in Sweden.…”

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The Neverlands of Nature

Fälton,

Hedrén

2021

J North Stud

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In this paper, we distinguish, make visible, and problematize how the non-human world (often depicted as nature) in Swedish national parks comes into being through representations in visitor information publications, and what the productive effects of those representations are. Through a discursive analysis, we identify seven discursive formations that concern portrayals of the non-human world. On the one hand, it is represented as extraordinary and sublime pieces of wild and pristine nature—and on the other, as ordinary and accessible. Despite this divergence, these kinds of spaces function as national heritage with an elitist status, which creates hierarchizations between national parks and other spaces, but also between the national parks themselves. North and south are assigned different attraction values and portrayed as desirable in different contexts. The north is wild, pristine, and sublime, while the south is safe, available, and always open to tourists. Furthermore, the material generates portrayals of national parks as places for learning, where the non-human world is displayed, explored, experienced, and taught. The uniting force of these formations is the focus of national parks as places of otherness, which turns them into heterotopian neverlands far away from the mainland of modernity.

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“…Los PN de Argentina, regulados por la Administración de Parques Nacionales (APN), están ubicados en diferentes ecorregiones del país y difieren en su fecha de creación (antigüedad) y superficie, aspectos que posiblemente influyen en el número e identidad de especies dentro de dichas áreas, como fue observado para otras áreas protegidas (Durán et al, 2015). Los PN se caracterizan por tener no solo el rol de proteger la biodiversidad y los servicios ecosistémicos derivados de la naturaleza, sino también de proporcionar oportunidades científicas, educativas, espirituales y recreativas para las personas (Gissibl et al, 2012).…”

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Análisis preliminar de especies nativas y no nativas de los Parques Nacionales terrestres de Argentina con énfasis en plantas vasculares

Fernández

Palchetti

Bruno

et al. 2023

Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot.

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Introducción y objetivos: La información sobre la biodiversidad de áreas protegidas es fundamental para desarrollar estrategias de manejo y conservación. En este trabajo evaluamos el número de registros de plantas y vertebrados de Parques Nacionales (PN) de Argentina en función de la riqueza de especies de la provincia donde se encuentra cada PN, analizamos posibles variables explicativas del número de registros en cada PN, y describimos la vegetación registrada en tres PN icónicos del país. M&M: Los registros de plantas vasculares y de vertebrados, las características de cada PN y la riqueza de especies de la provincia donde se encuentra cada PN se obtuvieron de bases de datos de acceso abierto. Para los PN Calilegua, Iguazú y Nahuel Huapi describimos el número de plantas según familia, origen, endemismo, forma de vida, estado de conservación según UICN e invasividad de especies no nativas. Resultados: Los PN presentan gran variabilidad en sus registros. Existen pocos registros de especies no nativas. Los PN más antiguos registraron más plantas no nativas. La lista de plantas del PN Nahuel Huapi mostró un mayor número de registro que Calilegua e Iguazú. El número de plantas categorizadas por UICN es muy bajo. Casi todas las plantas no nativas registradas son invasoras en otros lugares del mundo. Conclusiones: Destacamos la importancia de incrementar el relevamiento de especies en todos los PN, particularmente de plantas y en PN de reciente creación. Se requiere mayor atención a especies no nativas a fin evitar problemas socio-ecológicos asociados a invasiones biológicas.

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INTRODUCTION Towards a Global History of National Parks

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Before Biodiversity: Trajectories of National Parks in Latin America (1930s–1980s)

Before Biodiversity: Trajectories of National Parks in Latin America (1930s–1980s)

The Neverlands of Nature

Análisis preliminar de especies nativas y no nativas de los Parques Nacionales terrestres de Argentina con énfasis en plantas vasculares

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