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"The US National Parks are full of amazing things to see from the incredible landscapes at the Grand Canyon to historical monuments like the Gateway Arch. But it can be easy to miss out on the best the parks have to offer if you don't know where to look or what to look for. 100 Things to See in the National Parks gives you a clear guide through the most interesting, unique, and awe-inspiring things at each of the 63 national parks throughout the United States including: the highest peak in North America at the Denali National Park in Alaska; the only place in the US where mail is delivered by mule at the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona; the largest living tree in the world at Sequoia National Park in California; and much more! Each point of interest has its own entry, where you'll find background information on its appearance and history, as well as easy-to-follow instructions on how to find it. For national park fans of all ages and interest, this guide will help you explore the US National Parks like you've never experienced them before"--

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National parks and reserves --- Law and legislation --- Chiricahua National Monument (Ariz.)

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National parks and reserves --- Law and legislation --- Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site (Topeka, Kan.)

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L’histoire débute à la fin du XIXᵉ siècle. Persuadés d’avoir retrouvé en Afrique la nature disparue en Europe, les colons créent les premiers parcs naturels du continent. Puis, au lendemain des années 1960, les anciens administrateurs coloniaux se reconvertissent en experts internationaux. Il faudrait sauver l’Éden ! Mais cette Afrique n’existe pas. Il n’y a pas de vastes territoires vierges de présence humaine, arpentés seulement par ces hordes d’animaux sauvages qui font le bonheur des safaris. Il y a des peuples, qui circulent depuis des millénaires. Pourtant, ces hommes, ces femmes et enfants sont encore expulsés des parcs naturels africains, où ils subissent aujourd’hui la violence quotidienne des éco-gardes soutenus par l’Unesco, le WWF et tant d’autres ONG. Convoquant archives inédites et récits de vie, ce livre met au jour les contradictions des pays développés qui détruisent chez eux la nature qu’ils croient protéger là-bas, prolongeant, avec une stupéfiante bonne conscience, le schème d’un nouveau genre de colonialisme : le colonialisme vert.

Human ecology --- Nature --- National parks and reserves --- Ecotourism --- Postcolonialism --- Imperialism --- Africa --- Parcs nationaux --- Réserves naturelles --- Postcolonialisme --- Écologie humaine --- Influence coloniale. --- Influence occidentale --- Afrique --- Dans les représentations sociales.

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Two leaders of the National Park Service provide a front-row seat to the disastrous impact of partisan politics over the past fifty years—and offer a bold vision for the parks’ future. The US National Parks, what environmentalist and historian Wallace Stegner called America’s “best idea,” are under siege. Since 1972, partisan political appointees in the Department of the Interior have offered two conflicting views of the National Park Service (NPS): one vision emphasizes preservation and science-based decision-making, and another prioritizes economic benefits and privatization. These politically driven shifts represent a pernicious, existential threat to the very future of our parks. For the past fifty years, brothers Jonathan B. and T. Destry Jarvis have worked both within and outside NPS as leaders and advocates. National Parks Forever interweaves their two voices to show how our parks must be protected from those who would open them to economic exploitation, while still allowing generations to explore and learn in them. Their history also details how Congress and administration appointees have used budget and staffing cuts to sabotage NPS’s ability to manage the parks and even threatened their existence. Drawing on their experience, Jarvis and Jarvis make a bold and compelling proposal: that it is time for NPS to be removed from the Department of the Interior and made an independent agency, similar to the Smithsonian Institution, giving NPS leaders the ability to manage park resources and plan our parks’ protection, priorities, and future.

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