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Landmine Monitor Core Group: Landmine Monitor Report 2001
Prime Minister Jean Chretien is credited as a leader in NATO's efforts to institute the "Land Mine Ban Treaty". Canada's ratification of the treaty and was an advocate for other nations to follow Canada's lead. This is an example of...
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Rare Earth Minerals Power World, but Mining Leaves Local and Global Footprints
The author of this article studies human-altered landscapes. Here, he discusses rare earth mineral mining and the dramatic impact mining operations have on the places where they are located. (Published October 3, 2019)
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Discovering the Effect Mining Has on Land
Young scholars investigate how land is used for mining, and then mine for ore and observe damage to the surrounding land. To reclaim the land, they must fill in the holes and observe how the land has changed.
PBS
Nova Online: Bomb Squad
Information on robots that are used for hazardous duty, such as patrolling beaches to find land mines, is found here.
eSchool Today
E School Today: Sources of Land Pollution
Short descriptions of various sources of solid and semi-solid pollutants that affect land and soil resources.
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Land of Golden Dreams: California in the Gold Rush
A rich site on the California gold rush, 1848-1858. An online exhibit traces the gold rush using primary sources, a teacher page gives lesson plans from 4-12 and a kid's page offers further online adventures. Takes a long time to load.
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National Stone, Sand & Gravel: 50 Fascinating Facts About Stone, Sand & Gravel
Discusses the history of aggregate use from ancient to modern times, reclamation of mined land, and responsible environmental practices. Also provides figures for the huge amounts of aggregates produced and used for various construction...
Andre Dollinger
Reshafim: Ancient Egyptian Economy
An interesting overview of the economy of ancient Egypt. It covers everything from sources of wealth, taxation, and the benefits of the economic system. Hyperlinks to other articles on this site.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Environmental Science: Plate Tectonics,natural Resources
Through interactive activities and readings, students learn that natural resources can be renewable or nonrenewable, but sustainable use and management must be applied to ensure they are available for the long term.
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Molly Maguires Trials (1876 77)
In 1875, a writer of the time observed, there came from coal-mining district of Pennsylvania "an appalling series of tales of murder, of arson, and of every description of violent crime." Mine company superintendents and bosses "could...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Decolonizing the Map: Creating the Indigenous Mapping Collective
For many Indigenous communities, mapping plays a large role in reclaiming their lands. Mapping is not new to Indigenous peoples, in fact, some of the world's earliest maps can be seen in cave paintings or heard in the stories that have...
Sacramento Bee
Gold Rush: Mother Lode Now Strikes Gold in Tourism
This CalGoldRush.com site contains an article on the effects that the California gold rush has on California's tourism. Many people still come from far lands to get a glimpse of what is was like to be a gold miner.
History of American Wars
History of American Wars: World War 2 Weapons Part 1
Article focuses on weapons used in World War II on land such as small arms, rifles, submachine guns, hand grenades, flame throwers, machine guns, tanks, and the like.
University of Groningen
American History: Essays: Spain's Territorial Conquest in the Americas
The history of Spanish territorial conquest in the New World is the history of the succession of conquistadors who often overwhelmed native empires, but were sometimes overwhelmed themselves. Read about the conquistadors who came to the...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Tour of Park Geology: Human Use Sites
The National Parks Service properties are used for a variety of reasons. This website will explore how the land is used for mining, by indigenous people, and much more.
American University
Deforestation in Madagascar
Gives history of Madagascar's cultural and economic development in relation to its land clearing practices. Cites biological species indigenous to the island, and their imminent destruction. Includes links to several case studies.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Swaziland: Economy
Read how Swaziland is attempting to expand its economy beyond agricultural products. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
Other
University of Montana: Wilderness Connect: Stewardship
This resource provides information about wilderness preservation. Lists questions in four categories and provides extended responses to each of them.
Other
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs: Office of Management and Budget
Contains the text of the statement of regulatory and deregulatory priorities of the Department of the Interior.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Namibia: Economy
Read about Namibia's attempts to diversify its economy to bring greater wealth to its citizens and decrease its dependence on South Africa. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Lesser Long Nosed Bat
The lesser long-nosed bat is associated with arid grassland, scrub land, and tropical dry forest. Its daytime roosts include caves and abandoned mines, where upwards of 10,000 bats sometimes congregate. Learn more about the Leptonycteris...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North China, 1971
" North China includes the densely populated and intensively cultivated North China Plain, the loess-covered uplands of Shansi, northern Shensi, and eastern Kansu, and the sparsely populated, semiarid steppes of Inner Mongolia....
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Siege of Christina Fort, 1655
A facsimile of the plan of Fort Christina at the confluence of Brandywine Creek and Christina Creek near the Delaware River (beyond right margin of map) during the siege by the Dutch in 1655. The Swedish fort was a primary objective of...
Curated OER
Unesco: Brazil: Historic Centre of the Town of Goias
Goias testifies to the occupation and colonization of the lands of central Brazil in the 18th and 19th centuries. The urban layout is an example of the organic development of a mining town, adapted to the conditions of the site. Although...