Lost Eden: An Environmental History of the Plantation System on the Island of La Réunion (1638–1960)

Jehanne-Emmanuelle Monnier graduated from the University of La Réunion in 2013 (CRESOI laboratory). Her work focuses on the colonial history of the Indian Ocean region in the nineteenth century, mainly through the themes of scientific travel, labour migration, health and, of course, the environment. Involved in sharing academic knowledge with the public through books, exhibitions, cultural events etc, she continues at the same time to collaborate with academics and publish academic works.

Pablo Corral-Broto (University of Réunion Island, Espace-Dev laboratory) is an environmental historian trained at EHESS (Paris, France) and Universidad de Granada (Spain). He specialised in environmental conflicts related to industrial pollution in authoritarian regimes. Pablo studied how the environment plays a central role in democratic transitions. Since his arrival at the University of Réunion Island in 2017, he has focused on insular and colonial environmental history. He is currently working on environmental coloniality, eco-transition scenarios and island histories.