Environmental Histories of the Dinaric Karst
The Environmental Histories of the Dinaric Karst, edited by Borna Fuerst-Bjeliš, PhD., Jelena Mrgić, PhD., Hrvoje Petrić, PhD., Matija Zorn, PhD., and Žiga Zwitter, PhD., has been published by the prestigious Springer Verlag.
It is an interdisciplinary work that offers new research on the environmental history of the Dinaric Karst, one of the largest continuous karst areas in Europe from prehistory to modern times. The authors focus on the history of human adaptations to karst environmental conditions, human interventions in the environment, environmental dynamics, the impact of environmental change, the history of natural resource use and, in particular, their subsequent ecological consequences (e.g. fire hazards) and their changes over time.
The monograph also includes chapters by two researchers from the Institute of Contemporary History: Meta Remec, PhD., who focused on the environmental and social consequences of the afforestation of karst areas with non-native black pine, and a posthumous chapter by Andrej Studen, PhD., who, at the end of his research career, focused on the impact of weather and environmental conditions on the famine in the district of Senožeče in 1864 and 1865. In addition to Meta Remec, PhD., Žiga Zwitter, PhD., and Dragica Čeč, PhD., have done an outstanding job in editing his chapter, for which we would like to express our sincere thanks.
The public presentation of the book will take place in the framework of the Environmental History Today webinar organised by the European Society for Environmental History ESEH on Tuesday 29 October at 15.00 and can be listened to at the following link http://eseh.org/envhistoday-webinars/environmental-history-today-webinars-2023/