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nauwkeuriger te dater<strong>en</strong>. Het<br />
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verwering. Door te analyser<strong>en</strong> welke<br />
bestand<strong>de</strong>l<strong>en</strong> verdw<strong>en</strong><strong>en</strong> zijn (weggespoeld,<br />
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te stell<strong>en</strong> : grof gezegd, hoe meer<br />
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Gaschromatografie <strong>en</strong> massaspectrometrie<br />
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Pujo Semedi (Gadjah Mada University)<br />
Overfishing in the Java Sea,<br />
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2 April <strong>2001</strong><br />
Martine Barweg<strong>en</strong> (KITLV) Longterm<br />
tr<strong>en</strong>ds in animal husbandry<br />
in Java<br />
7 May <strong>2001</strong><br />
Bart Bar<strong>en</strong>dregt (Lei<strong>de</strong>n University)<br />
From the realm of the nine rivers:<br />
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Confer<strong>en</strong>ties<br />
Confer<strong>en</strong>tie ag<strong>en</strong>da in het kort<br />
23-25 maart <strong>2001</strong>,<br />
Landscapes and Politics,<br />
Edinburgh, Schotland<br />
28 maart-1 april <strong>2001</strong>,<br />
Making Environm<strong>en</strong>tal History<br />
rele<strong>van</strong>t in <strong>de</strong> 21st c<strong>en</strong>tury,<br />
American Society for Environm<strong>en</strong>tal<br />
History <strong>en</strong> the Forest History Society,<br />
Durham, North Carolina, VS.<br />
20-21 april <strong>2001</strong>,<br />
Native, naturalized, and Exotic<br />
Species in European History,<br />
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