The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) and debates about forest-water relations during the late 19th century
- Examining the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) and its research on forest-water relations, the article investigates the relation between scientific internationalism and national expertise. It juxtaposes existing arguments regarding the paradigmatic character of 19th century arguments about deforestations. In particular, in 1999, Christian Pfister and Daniel Brändli argued that, in Switzerland during the second half of the 19th century, forestry administrators forgedExamining the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) and its research on forest-water relations, the article investigates the relation between scientific internationalism and national expertise. It juxtaposes existing arguments regarding the paradigmatic character of 19th century arguments about deforestations. In particular, in 1999, Christian Pfister and Daniel Brändli argued that, in Switzerland during the second half of the 19th century, forestry administrators forged an argument that deforestations in mountainous regions lead to floods in the valleys. As this argument helped to install new Swiss forest legislation in 1876, forbidding deforestations in the mountains, Pfister and Brändli called it a ―deforestation paradigm‖. In contrast, sources of the IUFRO provide a different picture. At IUFRO meetings, i.e., at the international level of debate, no such paradigm existed. Instead, IUFRO participants discussed various conclusions that could be drawn from research on deforestations. Regarding the outcome of IUFRO projects, participants reported partly in opposing ways about the results of the research projects in forestry journals in their respective countries. Exploring these reports, the article provides an explanation for these different national representations of international research projects.…
Document Type: | Article |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.17265/2159-550X/2017.01.001 |
ISSN: | 2159-5518 |
Creator and project details | |
Author: | Christian LotzGND |
Publishing Institution: | Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung – Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft |
Title details | |
Title (English): | The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) and debates about forest-water relations during the late 19th century |
Parent Title (English): | History Research |
Volume: | 7.2017 |
Issue: | 1 |
First Page: | 1 |
Last Page: | 19 |
Release Date: | 2021/12/01 |
Year of first Publication: | 2017 |
Language: | English |
Subject indexing | |
DDC-Classification: | 9 Geschichte und Geografie / 94 Geschichte Europas / 940 Geschichte Europas |
LeibnizOpen Subject classification: | Geschichte |
Tag: | Geschichte 1850-1900 deforestation paradigm; forest ecology; international congresses; international organizations; maps |
GND Keyword: | International Union of Forestry Research Organizations; Entwaldung; Forstschutz; Internationaler Kongress |
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File Size: | 1750 KB |
MIME-Type: | application/pdf |
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Licence / Usage Agreement (German): | Creative Commons - CC BY-NC - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell 4.0 International |