"This paper aims to link changes in the way the central Illinois landscape was imagined and perceived, with the subsequent environmental transformation that resulted in the near total elimination of tallgrass prairie and the wholesale alteration of regional hydrology through channelization and agricultural drainage."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09317
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Online from Goldman Environmental Foundation. 2 pages., "In a country with growing socioeconomic inequality and human rights violations, Berta Caceres (d. 2016) rallied the indigenous Lenca people of Honduras and waged a grassroots campaign that successfully pressured the world's largest dam builder to pull out of the Agua Zarca Dam."
International: Metcalfe Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting, University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Office of Marine Programs, Narragansett, RI.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27893
19 pages., Online via UI Catalog., Authors discussed the benefits and challenges of managing environmental disputes through facilitation and mediation, where a neutral third party is engaged to help design and manage a constructive problem-solving process. The article included examples of mediation efforts.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23505
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Public Policy Resources Laboratory, Texas A&M University, College Station via http://poll.orspub.com/poll/ 3 pages., Responses in a Texas Poll to four questions inviting views about (a) the extent to which agriculture is contributing to environmental problems related to soil loss and water use, and b) the extent to which agricultural regulations interfere with landowners' property rights.
