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Created page with "'''Rewilding''' or '''Re-Wilding''' means reverting an already human-settled or at least human-changed area to ''status quo ante'' human settlement or intervention.<ref na..."
'''Rewilding''' or '''Re-Wilding''' means reverting an already [[human]]-settled or at least human-changed area to ''status quo ante'' human settlement or intervention.<ref name=Davis>John Davis, "What is Rewilding," ''Rewilding Earth''. <https://rewilding.org/what-is-rewilding/></ref> [[Environmentalism|Environmentalists]] today advocate this process as a means to combat [[climate change]]. Human settlement has destroyed carbon sinks and created carbon sources. This applies even to [[agriculture]],<ref name=Vice>Tristan Kennedy, "The Uncomfortable Truth About Rewilding," ''Vice'', 4 November 2020. <https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy88eq/rewilding-climate-crisis-solution></ref> so humans must abandon agriculture and [[animal husbandry]] in large tracts of land to restore the balance between [[carbon dioxide]] emission and absorption. So environmentalist theory states.
== Pilot projects ==
Pilot projects for rewilding are already under way in the [[Appenines]] in [[Italy]],<ref name=Appenines>Rewilding-Appenines project site. <https://rewilding-apennines.com/></ref> on the grounds of one nobleman's castle in [[Ireland]], and at nine sites in the [[United States of America]].<ref name=CallOfNature>Gavin Haines, "Call of Nature: 9 Rewilding Sites You Can Visit in the USA," ''Lonely Planet'', 24 November 2019. <https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/rewilding-in-the-usa-national-parks-and-reserves></ref>
Furthermore, [[Joe Biden]], now (April 2021) holding office as [[President of the United States]], has announced an [[infrastructure]] plan that appropriates $20 trillion for removal of highways in at least two locations and reverting at least to ''status quo ante'' the building of those highways. As highway removal would be a requirement of any large-scale rewilding in the United States, these might constitute pilot projects that would facilitate the development of efficient methods of highway removal.
== References ==
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[[Category:Environmentalism]][[Category:Politics]]
== Pilot projects ==
Pilot projects for rewilding are already under way in the [[Appenines]] in [[Italy]],<ref name=Appenines>Rewilding-Appenines project site. <https://rewilding-apennines.com/></ref> on the grounds of one nobleman's castle in [[Ireland]], and at nine sites in the [[United States of America]].<ref name=CallOfNature>Gavin Haines, "Call of Nature: 9 Rewilding Sites You Can Visit in the USA," ''Lonely Planet'', 24 November 2019. <https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/rewilding-in-the-usa-national-parks-and-reserves></ref>
Furthermore, [[Joe Biden]], now (April 2021) holding office as [[President of the United States]], has announced an [[infrastructure]] plan that appropriates $20 trillion for removal of highways in at least two locations and reverting at least to ''status quo ante'' the building of those highways. As highway removal would be a requirement of any large-scale rewilding in the United States, these might constitute pilot projects that would facilitate the development of efficient methods of highway removal.
== References ==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Environmentalism]][[Category:Politics]]