

I don't think the book needed a different title, but it might have needed a different editor. There is a significant portion of the book, say from 75 pages in to the last 20 pages, where the chapters focus directly on issues related to rewilding, for the most part in a UK context, though international concerns and stats are introduced as supplementary examples. 1/?
The vast majority is similar to what I was looking for when I picked up the book, with one subjective flaw: perhaps understandably Monbiot spends a lengthy amount of time detailing the madness that is current policy (circa 2013) surrounding conservation in the UK, the various ecosystems 1d
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I think it's important that Monbiot clearly indicates where local government is befuddled with bad science and lobbying groups with other priorities are calling the shots, that he describes why changes in law and policy 1d
I don't think I can see quite as far ahead as he has, I don't need to consider how much wilder an area can get than just letting things grow back and reintroducing some recently absented species, leaving ecosystems alone to adjust to climate change, without human management/interference.
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⚠️animal death, mention of WW2 violence, genocides, the Holocaust 1d