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>I did send a question to the author of "American Style, Girl Heroes and Made-in-Italy Disney Comics: W.I.T.C.H. (2001-12) as a Case Study"
Three days later and although, as expected, I've had no reply from the author, academia did reply with another W.I.T.C.H. paper link that I could fully download (otherwise it's 22 USD from the journal itself).
No mention of ecology, environment, nor conservation, but anons might find it interesting anyway.
First few pages excerpted here: https://pastebin.com/YKHda8JL
>The aim of the project was not only to craft a product for young girls, but also to
>innovate graphic designs and involve characters beyond the standard Dis-
>ney roster like Mickey and Minnie Mouse, and Donald and Daisy Duck.
>W.I.T.C.H. was indeed the first Disney publication conceived of as a mag-
>azine for adolescent girls featuring a comics series with human characters
>instead of anthropomorphized animals (Tosti 2011; Zanatta et al. 2009).
>According to Mara Pace, the W.I.T.C.H. magazine sold over 250,000
>copies per month in Italy in 2004 and enjoyed considerable popularity
>worldwide (Corriere della Sera 2004). In Issue 34 (January 2004), the ed-
>itorial team celebrated the new year by dedicating space to ‘W.I.T.C.H.
>in the world’ (48–49). There, they show that the adventures of the five
>magical girls were translated into more than 30 languages and distributed
>in 51 countries from China to Iceland. In Issue 50 (May 2005), the mag-
>azine’s director Valentina De Poli celebrated millions of W.I.T.C.H. fans
>worldwide, testifying to an increase in the publication’s reach, now printed
>in 63 countries.