| First World Congress of Environmental History 2009 Local Livelihoods and Global Challenges: Understanding Human Interaction with the Environment
Hosted by the International Consortium of Environmental History Organizations (ICEHO) and Roskilde University, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 4-8, 2009. Why hold a World Congress of Environmental History?
In the last 100,000 years, humans have colonized Planet Earth, shaping nature to sustain their environmental needs. Natural Systems have been changed, degraded and embellished. They have shown recovery and resilience but also a growing dependency on human management. Environmental historians in many fields study how and why human society and natural systems have interacted. Historical knowledge of climate change and past ecosystems may inform actions towards a sustainable future.
The first World Congress of Environmental History (WCEH2009) will bring together scholars from all over the globe, giving them a unique opportunity of to learn from each other and to create an overarching picture of the relationship of people and the environment through time. Interactions are found on many scales, from the local to the global. Resource issues cross national boundaries and ecosystem boundaries.
Looking at our challenges from multiple perspectives, multiple spatial and temporal scales, and varied politics, economies and disciplines is the only way to enlighten the complex challenge of creating a sustainable future.
Major Update to FHS Image Database The Forest History Society and the Eastern Region (Region 9) of the U.S. Forest Service are excited to announce the culmination of a collaborative project to digitize, catalog, and make available online a rich assortment of more than 13,000 Forest Service photographs – the largest number of searchable historic Forest Service images on the Web. The Eastern Region Historical Photograph Collection has been incorporated into the Forest History Society's existing online image database, bringing its total number of searchable images up to more than 18,000. The Eastern Region images date from the 1880s through the 1970s and document land and resource management activities in the National Forests, primarily in the Midwestern and Northeastern states. Subjects include fire prevention, detection, and suppression; outdoor recreation; timber management; reforestation; wildlife and nature scenes; Forest Service facilities; and programs of both the Job Corps and the Civilian Conservation Corps. Search the updated FHS Image Database Browse sample Photo Galleries Environmental History Bibliography reaches 40,000 entries! The Forest History Society's Environmental History Bibliography database now contains more than 40,000 annotated citations to books, articles, theses and dissertations in this diverse and rapidly expanding field of academic inquiry. For more than 50 years, the FHS has monitored the world of publishing for items written as history and dealing with the utilization, management, and appreciation of forest-related resources. The scope of the project has broadened over time to include such varied topics as global climate change; urban environments; the history of sound; sustainable development; public health; food production; fisheries; environmental justice; and nature as depicted in art, film and literature. The database is continually updated and searchable online by title, author and keyword (place, time period or topic). Nearly 1,500 citations are added each year, with recent additions appearing quarterly in the “Biblioscope” section of the journal Environmental History. Search the Environmental History Bibliography New Film and Book on U.S. Forest Service History The Forest History Society is involved in the U.S. Forest Service's efforts to mark its centennial in 2005. Two Society staff members have been working on a new film and book about the agency. Steven Anderson served on the Advisory Committee and James Lewis as a consultant for the Forest Service two-hour documentary film, The Greatest Good. The film is currently available in a 3-disc DVD set from the Society, as is the companion book, The Forest Service and the Greatest Good: A Centennial History, written by James Lewis and published by the Forest History Society. 
New Video Tour of the FHS available for online viewing Watch as Larry Tombaugh, longtime member and past Chairman of the Board, leads you on a tour through our facilities, programs, and collections. The video can be streamed in Quicktime or Real Player formats. The FHS would like to thank Michael Salerno of Nova Video in Durham, NC, and Jonathan Pattishall, a student at Jordan High School, for producing this new video introduction to the Society, and Duke's Office of Information Technology for providing streaming services. View the new video tour online!
Environmental History Now Available Online!
The Forest History Society and the American Society for Environmental History are pleased to announce that the journal Environmental History is now available online at the History Cooperative. Full-text on-line availability currently starts with Volume 8:1 (January 2003). Any member or library that maintains their print subscription to Environmental History will have access to the on-line version. On-line access will eventually be gated; advance notice about gating and access procedures will be provided. For further details and updates, please visit our "Environmental History Online at the History Cooperative" web page. Environmental History is also available full text from Volume 1:1 (January 1996) on JStor if you have access through your institution. | 
