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#Rewilding: Can it save our #wildlife and temper #ClimateChange?

We’ve pushed #nature to the brink, but it may be capable of repairing the damage - provided we step aside and let it go back to doing what it does best.

by Jocelyn Timperley
Published: January 8, 2021

Excerpt: "More recently, Sir #DavidAttenborough adopted the term in the documentary A Life On Our Planet, his much-lauded ‘witness statement’ for the environment. 'So what do we do?' he asked, after an hour journeying through the enormous biodiversity loss the world has experienced during his 94 years. 'To restore stability to our planet we must restore its biodiversity, the very thing that we’ve removed… We must #rewild the world.'"

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sciencefocus.com/nature/rewild

BBC Science Focus Magazine · Rewilding: Can it save our wildlife and temper climate change? - BBC Science Focus MagazineWe’ve pushed nature to the brink, but it may be capable of repairing the damage - provided we step aside and let it go back to doing what it does best.

#Rewilding should be central to global #restoration efforts

by Jens-Christian Svenning, 18 December 2020

Summary:
"Rewilding should be central to the massive restoration efforts needed to overcome the global #biodiversity crisis and enhancing the #biosphere’s capacity to mitigate #ClimateChange. Key elements include large areas for nature, restoration of functional #megafaunas and other natural #biodiversity-promoting factors, synergy with major societal dynamics, and careful socio-ecological implementation."

Excerpt:
"Rewilding should be central to the restoration efforts to overcome the biodiversity crisis while also enhancing the biosphere’s capacity to mitigate human-induced climate change in a resilient manner. Rewilding can be defined as restoration to promote self-regulating complex ecosystems through restoring non-human ecological factors and processes while reducing human control and pressures. This definition is consistent with most definitions and general usage. The relation to restoration is sometimes discussed. The Society for #Ecological #Restoration defines restoration as 'the process of assisting the recovery of an #ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed.' This readily includes rewilding. However, restoration in definition and practice also includes efforts that are clearly not rewilding, e.g., restoration of #CulturalEcosystems or other efforts based on chronic human intervention. Key reasons for a focus on rewilding are its reliance on mechanisms of long-term effectiveness, high upscaling potential, and enhancement of resilience."

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sciencedirect.com/science/arti

This one's from the attic where I've been hunting mice.

Much more modern than the wooden ones from the other day. I quickly brushed the rust off and sharpened the blade, which looked like its hardly seen any use. The sole is level and even in this state it works well.

I'll do a proper restoration job later. I already have one of these in orange and despite the basic design, they're absolutely fine.

Work in progress 👏 I inherited a 100 year old summer house that is not in the greatest shape. This summer, I started to renovate the windows. I'm a city girl, and I really don't know how to repair literally anything. But look what I've learned! 💪💪

Old wooden houses like this, I've had to find traditional materials suitable for conservation building. Surprisingly, it was quite difficult to find old-school windows putty just made from chalk and linen oil. But I did find it (thanks to @suomenluonnonmaalit) and boy it looks good 🩷🩷

#renovation #repair #oldhouse #woodenhouse #country #summerhouse #conservation #restoration #old #traditionalbuilding #natural #naturalmaterials