Wild Foresting: Practicing Nature's Wisdom
Language: English
Pages: 288
ISBN: 0865716161
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
"In this groundbreaking anthology, the author offers new hope for those who love trees and forests. These essays are by leading experts. This work draws on the knowledge of indigenous people and the traditional role that forests and trees have played in their lives. It shows that sustainable forestry and conservation is possible. The authors also cover the role of trees in global warming." - BellaOnline, Connie Krochmal
There is an emerging revolution in wild forest relationships. Wild foresting has evolved from ecoforestry, going far beyond merely having a minimum impact on the world, to sustaining and promoting forest health, along with biological and cultural diversity. Wild foresting promotes the responsible use of forests, connects indigenous knowledge systems, and unites a great variety of local practices tailored to unique forests around the world.
Prize-winning experts dedicated to reconciliation in human–wild forest relationships have contributed their stories to this comprehensive, in-depth anthology. The authors give accounts of how wild foresting is being practiced around the world, with such diverse activities as:
- Wild farming
- Wild crafting
- Adventure therapy
- Restoration
- Permaculture
- Ecosystem restoration
- Education
Wild Foresting is presented in eight thematic sections that discuss topics as varied as tree meditation, wild humans, and ecophobia. Case studies from the Amazon, Australia, Norway, and Thailand illustrate how wild foresting principles are adapted to different cultures and how emerging practices are fusing ancient knowledge systems with contemporary ecological studies.
Wild Foresting is a fascinating and informative walk in the woods for everyone concerned about biodiversity, ancient forests, indigenous cultures, and endangered species.
Alan Drengson is professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Victoria, an author, and one of the founders of the Ecoforestry Institute. Duncan Taylor is an assistant professor of environmental studies at the University of Victoria, the founder of Earth Day Canada, and an author. Drengson and Taylor are co-editors of Ecoforestry: The Art and Science of Sustainable Forest Use (New Society Publishers).
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Residing, the forests were systematically logged and cleared for farming. At one point more than a century ago, 85% of the state had been cleared for farming. What wasn’t turned into sheep pastures and corn fields was logged for timber, charcoal and firewood, so that there are few patches of wild forest left in the state. However, today’s residents do not mourn the loss. Indeed, they suffer from landscape amnesia. Nearly everyone, including most of the state’s environmental organizations are.
Time period. Creating snags by girdling some trees is also valuable (especially in small groups). Pick areas where you want more light (i.e. pick areas with bare ground but no tree regeneration and understory shrubs or pick dense areas with a lot of inter-tree competition). If the risk of fire hazard from human use is high, branches on downed trees could be cut and dropped to the forest floor. Most fires Merv believes are caused “by carelessness — smoking or using equipment in the wrong season.
The same time, ironically, urban folks are more likely to feel protective toward animals — or to fear them. The good news is that children today are less likely to kill animals for fun; the bad news is that children are so disconnected from nature that they either idealize it or fear it — two sides of the same coin. Indeed, it’s a truism: humans tend to fear or romanticize what we don’t know. Sobel focuses on ecophobia, which he defines as fear of nature. In its older, more poetic meaning, the.