The Role of Rewilding in Landscape Design for Conservation

摘要: Rewilding means returning a non-wild area back to the wild. It implies reduction or cessation of human control in favour allowing nature take care itself. The concept originated North America, where it was initially focused on reconnecting existing wilderness areas and re-establishing populations large carnivores other vertebrates. modern literature is dominated by European studies, however, which rewilding seen as management option for increasing abandoned agricultural land. Although looks forward future wildness that not necessarily same past, evidence from past ecosystems gives inspiration support hands-off approach. Late Pleistocene provide major challenge since they show irreplaceable roles now largely extinct megafauna. Large-scale will benefit some charismatic vertebrates, but probably at expense many disturbance-dependent species, with overall impact likely differ different regions. Other potential problems include loss valued biocultural landscapes an increase human-wildlife conflicts. Benefits may increased recreational opportunities, enhanced ecosystem services, greater resilience, well less quantifiable social benefits spiritual values. science needs catch up practice, there urgent need replicated, large-scale, long-term experiments.