The compromises of rewilding
The purpose of this thesis is to explore how rewilding has emerged as a new alternative to classic nature conservation to reconcile humans with wild nature. The study will explore what are the compromises required for rewilding in a Swedish context. It will focus on the expectations and the proce...
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| Formato: | Second cycle, A2E |
| Lenguaje: | sueco Inglés |
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| Acceso en línea: | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/10346/ |
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| author | Rouet-Leduc, Julia |
| author_browse | Rouet-Leduc, Julia |
| author_facet | Rouet-Leduc, Julia |
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| collection | Epsilon Archive for Student Projects |
| description | The purpose of this thesis is to explore how rewilding has emerged as a new alternative to
classic nature conservation to reconcile humans with wild nature. The study will explore what
are the compromises required for rewilding in a Swedish context. It will focus on the
expectations and the processes leading to the rewilding projects and how human expectations
for landscapes, animals and nature have to compromise. Most of our modern landscapes
being tamed and domesticated, they correspond more to an idea of beautiful, in opposition
with the sublime which can designate the wilderness, which is, in Kant’s terms, untamed,
wild, and sometimes ugly and terrifying. If Kant considers that the only way for humans to
enjoy this sublime nature is pure disinterest, we will look at how rewilding can be a way to
restore autonomy and ecological integrity to ecosystems while offering to humans an
experience of the sublime nature and letting them benefit from it. This paper will look at
Rewilding Lapland as a case study, it proposes to rewild a large area in Northern Sweden by
supporting some keystone species like the beaver and restoring key areas of the landscape like
rivers and grazing lands. The stated aim of this Rewilding Lapland is to develop a naturebased
economy where entrepreneurship and economical activities are combined with nature
conservation. Thus, public awareness, local communities approval and nature-based
economies around rewilding will be studied as compromises between nature and people. |
| format | Second cycle, A2E |
| id | RepoSLU10346 |
| institution | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| language | Swedish Inglés |
| publishDate | 2017 |
| publishDateSort | 2017 |
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| spelling | RepoSLU103462017-07-03T10:45:27Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/10346/ The compromises of rewilding Rouet-Leduc, Julia Nature conservation and land resources The purpose of this thesis is to explore how rewilding has emerged as a new alternative to classic nature conservation to reconcile humans with wild nature. The study will explore what are the compromises required for rewilding in a Swedish context. It will focus on the expectations and the processes leading to the rewilding projects and how human expectations for landscapes, animals and nature have to compromise. Most of our modern landscapes being tamed and domesticated, they correspond more to an idea of beautiful, in opposition with the sublime which can designate the wilderness, which is, in Kant’s terms, untamed, wild, and sometimes ugly and terrifying. If Kant considers that the only way for humans to enjoy this sublime nature is pure disinterest, we will look at how rewilding can be a way to restore autonomy and ecological integrity to ecosystems while offering to humans an experience of the sublime nature and letting them benefit from it. This paper will look at Rewilding Lapland as a case study, it proposes to rewild a large area in Northern Sweden by supporting some keystone species like the beaver and restoring key areas of the landscape like rivers and grazing lands. The stated aim of this Rewilding Lapland is to develop a naturebased economy where entrepreneurship and economical activities are combined with nature conservation. Thus, public awareness, local communities approval and nature-based economies around rewilding will be studied as compromises between nature and people. 2017-06-30 Second cycle, A2E NonPeerReviewed application/pdf sv https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/10346/1/rouet_leduc_j_170630.pdf Rouet-Leduc, Julia, 2017. The compromises of rewilding : reconciling nature and humans in the wilderness. Second cycle, A2E. Uppsala: (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Urban and Rural Development (LTJ, LTV) > Dept. of Urban and Rural Development <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/OID-595.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-6513 eng |
| spellingShingle | Nature conservation and land resources Rouet-Leduc, Julia The compromises of rewilding |
| title | The compromises of rewilding |
| title_full | The compromises of rewilding |
| title_fullStr | The compromises of rewilding |
| title_full_unstemmed | The compromises of rewilding |
| title_short | The compromises of rewilding |
| title_sort | compromises of rewilding |
| topic | Nature conservation and land resources |
| url | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/10346/ https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/10346/ |