Stories From the Field
Return of the Auroch to Central Europe
The main icon for WILD10 is the auroch, the large, wild bovine herbivore that roamed Europe for many thousands of years, shaping the landscape, until it was extirpated almost 400 years ago. The artistic impression we use (created by Jaime Rojo) is from one of the many cave paintings found in Spain and France, superimposed […]
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Ian Player Perspectives – Wilderness, Dreams and the Bible
Text from Ian’s February 2011 address to the Game Rangers Association of Africa. Please let me begin by thanking everyone for coming this evening. I am grateful to Harold Thornhill and Drummond Densham and other members of the Committee who have done the organising for tonight. I am also delighted to see Paul Dutton here […]
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Can We Stop Trying to Control Nature?
This post is an excerpt from an article from the International Journal of Wilderness (April 2000, vol.6 no.1 ) by James M. Glover. I think you will enjoy his insight into what it means to control nature, and if indeed we can protect land without controlling nature. Scientists in particular are uncomfortable with the wilderness […]
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