Oddbean new post about login | logout "The strange sorrow we feel when we confront this world without our fellow creatures has a name: “species loneliness.” Isolated from nature, we feel an existential loss for how the world once looked and sounded." Interesting article about "beaver bombing" (=illegal re-introduction of beaver to areas where they've been hunted extinct), rewilding, human-animal conflict in Europe and even beavers "fighting" for Ukraine. #Nature #Rewilding https://www.codastory.com/waronscience/rewilding-beavers-conservation/
@b629324d Fascinating. I’d not heard of “beaver bombing” and “rogue rewilding”. “The rewilding fringe believes that something more radical than scientific reintroduction and conservation programs that are implemented at a sloth-like pace is necessary.“ I’m wary of “illegal anonymous rogue rewilding,” as we like to rush in with quick fixes instead of giving natural areas the space and time to heal wildly. Still, with the climate warming fast, lots of species translocations will be needed.