Scenarios about 'conservation'
The preservation, protection, and sustainable management of natural resources, ecosystems, biodiversity, and cultural heritage. Conservation movements emerged in the late 19th century as responses to industrialization, habitat destruction, and species extinction, developing into formal environmental policies and organizations throughout the 20th century. In alternate history scenarios, different conservation priorities or their absence can dramatically alter landscapes, available resources, and human-environment relationships.
What If Tasmania Developed Different Environmental Policies?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Tasmania embraced stronger environmental protection in the 1960s-70s, potentially creating a radically different ecological and economic model for island development.
What If The Amazon Rainforest Had Different Protection Policies?
Exploring the alternate timeline where stronger international and regional protection measures were implemented for the Amazon rainforest in the 1980s, potentially altering global climate outcomes and preserving biodiversity.
What If The Amazon Rainforest Was Never Deforested?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the Amazon rainforest remained intact, preserving its biodiversity and critical role in global climate regulation, with profound impacts on environmental systems and human development.
What If The Dust Bowl Never Happened?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the catastrophic Dust Bowl of the 1930s was prevented, potentially transforming American agriculture, migration patterns, and the nation's economic and cultural landscape.
What If The Endangered Species Act Never Passed?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the landmark 1973 Endangered Species Act failed to become law, fundamentally altering America's environmental protection landscape and the fate of countless species.
What If The Environmental Movement Never Emerged?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the modern environmental movement failed to coalesce in the mid-20th century, dramatically altering our relationship with nature and the planet's ecological future.