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This is a really fascinating read: the “Wild Field Manifesto,” written by a Russian scientist currently working to recreate an Ice Age ecosystem in Siberia (eventually complete with genetically resurrected mammoths). He argues that all the environmental disasters we presently face trace their origins back to the late Pleistocene, when humans, learning from dogs, usurped the role of “zealous master” from the large carnivores, wiped out or domesticated the large herbivores, and set about converting most of the planet’s wilderness into agricultural land. What’s more, he believes that by allowing large swaths of territory to return to nature, repopulating them with depleted species but then letting natural selection take its course, it is possible to stabilize the Earth’s climate and achieve a more harmonious relationship between civilization and wilderness.

http://www.pleistocenepark.ru/files/WILD_FIELD_MANIFESTO_ENGLISH_VERSION.pdf