Feral

rewilding the land, the sea, and human life

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George Monbiot: Feral (2014)

319 pages

English language

Published June 11, 2014

ISBN:
978-0-226-20555-7
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OCLC Number:
874729222

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4 stars

Bit of a slow read, as the book is not so much a story, as a description and explanation on what a wild nature could look like and how it can transform our surroundings and make nature flourish again.

The book made me happy and sad at the same time.
Basically we have been fucking up nature and getting animals extinct since we where able to throw a spear (bye bye mega fauna). And the nature we see in Europe nowadays is nothing near what wild nature was before humans came here.
Also the reports of the collapses of animal species nowadays and reading about the abundance of past times makes you feel super sad.

Luckily there are also some more happy notes, as the reintroduction of former removed species and the return of others.
There is a continues battle between how people and should live together.
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Subjects

  • Wildlife reintroduction
  • Restoration ecology