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Imperial Forestry

Imperial Forestry is a colonial ecological practice denoting the systematic transformation and management of forest landscapes by imperial powers through centralized, scientific, and extractive models that prioritized commercial exploitation and administrative control over indigenous knowledge systems and local socio-environmental sustainability.

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53

Authors

30

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2017–2026

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Publications

53

Carbon colonialism and the new land grab: Plantation forestry in Uganda and its livelihood impacts

Kristen Lyons, Peter Westoby · Journal of Rural Studies · 2014 · 223 citations

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Fencing the forest: conservation and ecological change in India's central provinces 1860-1914.

Mahesh Rangarajan · 1999 · 137 citations

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Empires of Forestry: Professional Forestry and State Power in Southeast Asia, Part 1

Peter Vandergeest, Nancy Lee Peluso · Environment and History · 2006 · 135 citations

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Empires of Forestry: Professional Forestry and State Power in Southeast Asia, Part 2

Peter Vandergeest, Nancy Lee Peluso · Environment and History · 2006 · 97 citations

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Imperial agendas and India's forests: The early history of Indian forestry, 1800-1878

Mahesh Rangarajan · The Indian Economic & Social History Review · 1994 · 78 citations

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Authors

53

  1. RL
    Raymond L. Bryant

    King's College London, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 204 citations

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  2. BM
    Brett M. Bennett

    Western Sydney University, Australia

    3 publications · 89 citations

    3

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  3. PV
    Peter Vandergeest

    York University, Canada

    2 publications · 232 citations

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  4. MR
    Mahesh Rangarajan

    Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, India

    2 publications · 215 citations

    2

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  5. FM
    Fred Morton

    University of Botswana, Botswana

    2 publications · 33 citations

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Institutions

30

  1. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    329 citations

  2. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    329 citations

  3. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    59 citations

  4. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  5. University of Colorado Colorado Springs

    Colorado Springs, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    137 citations

  6. University of Florence

    Florence, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  7. Western Sydney University

    Richmond, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    44 citations

  8. University of the Free State

    Bloemfontein, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    223 citations

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Venues

  1. Environment and History

    5 publications · 300 citations

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  2. Forest and Conservation History

    3 publications · 98 citations

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  3. Journal of Historical Geography

    2 publications · 42 citations

    2

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  4. Hispanic American Historical Review

    HAHR · 2 publications · 33 citations

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  5. Itinerario

    2 publications · 45 citations

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