61. Rewilding: What? And why? (Marine Drouilly)
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This episode discusses the concept of rewilding, its applications, benefits, and concerns regarding human interactions with reintroduced wildlife.
The concept of rewilding has been applied in various ways, from the simple restoration of a single natural process like removing livestock to allow vegetation to recover, to ambitious proposals to reintroduce long-extinct megafauna. While some applications have obvious conservation benefits, rewilding also raises legitimate concerns, especially about how renewed interactions with reintroduced wildlife like large herbivores and carnivores, might affect human wellbeing, livelihoods, and land us...
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Guest: Marine Drouilly
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