How fast would wilderness return post crash?
Posted: Sat 01 Oct 2011, 05:17:38
This is a subject I find compelling. Given that we have been technologically enabled to conquer most former wilderness areas and the dependence of these technologies on oil/ it seems logical that as these super human activities are rendered unfeasible/ oceans, deserts, high country and savanna could regain much of their former splendid isolation with subsequent benefits to natural ecosystems.
The business of kicking the impossible debt can down the road seems likely to bring the entire paradigm unstuck well before AGW boils us in the pot. Anyone who has watched a damaged forest regrow or taken part in successful restoration projects of land or waterways knows nature is resilient.
There are many issues around biodiversity, feral animals and weeds.
The balance will likely be utterly reset in most places, quite soon post human intervention.
To what extent oceans can recover and how fast could be the key to planetary survival.
Any thoughts?
The business of kicking the impossible debt can down the road seems likely to bring the entire paradigm unstuck well before AGW boils us in the pot. Anyone who has watched a damaged forest regrow or taken part in successful restoration projects of land or waterways knows nature is resilient.
There are many issues around biodiversity, feral animals and weeds.
The balance will likely be utterly reset in most places, quite soon post human intervention.
To what extent oceans can recover and how fast could be the key to planetary survival.
Any thoughts?