Wilderness, Religion and Ecological Restoration in the Scottish Highlands

摘要: The efforts of nature conservation bodies to return parts the Highlands to a ‘pristine’ state involve attempts reduce both signs human dwelling and destructive impacts animals introduced by wealthy landlords for sport and cash such as deer sheep. irony is that restoration projects will still not achieve levels biodiversity obtained before the Clearances when Gaels dwelt in what are now regarded ecologically rich but threatened regions. Wilderness restoration projects reflect some ways modern romantic fetishisation wild which finds its modern equivalent growing practice wilderness therapy. Discussions amongst philosophers wilderness, ecological restoration, frequently neglect dimension environmental exclusion indigenous people, and so also tend fetishise wilderness. Biblical accounts wilderness restoration strongly at variance with approaches they suggest divine intent restore desert fertile land involves also the redemption poor, other species, from greed corruption of wealthy. In this sense reform project new Scottish Parliament comes closer a vision than traditional strategies.