Conservation and the problem with 'natural' - does rewilding hold the answer?
<p style="text-align:justify;"> "Rewilding is the mass restoration of ecosystems and natural processes, accompanied or driven by the reintroduction of missing species." (George Monbiot, quoted in Sandom et al., forthcoming). This article considers the solution of 'rew...
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Geographical Association
2015
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| Summary: | <p style="text-align:justify;"> "Rewilding is the mass restoration of ecosystems and natural processes, accompanied or driven by the reintroduction of missing species." (George Monbiot, quoted in Sandom et al., forthcoming). This article considers the solution of 'rewilding': restoring species and ecosystems and allowing them to function within landscapes containing well-connected large core areas, often in a matrix of human land uses; not to recreate a particular past environment, rather to restore a lost natural process. </p> |
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