GRG 305 Lecture 18: Rewilding Movements
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Four keystone mammals: brown bear, eurasian lynx, gray wolves, and wolverines. Baltic area as an example - it has remained forested. High-latitude empty spaces with less agriculture because the growing season is too short. Give nature space and freedom to ourish by stepping back. Bring back predatory or keystone species that bolster ecosystem differences, but not to create a primitive past. Let nature decide and observe the processes of return. Reinvolvement with key species on the edge of cultivated land - core wild areas connected by corridors of wild land. Allow past abundance and diversity to ourish within a contemporary setting. Conclusion: rede ning the idea of human agency, loosening our impulse to dominate and control. Instead of shooting deer to control them, rewild with more lynx to predate deer, bring deer populations back into balance. Scandinavia is the center of european brown bears. Gray wolves now extending their range in europe.
