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A review by danarama
The Once and Future World: Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be by J.B. MacKinnon
4.0
Creative nonfiction about natural history. Thrilling, engaging and very well-written but also grim and heartbreaking. Basically whatever ecosystem man moves into, he disrupts it and drives species to extinction. This is a modern thing either, it goes back to the megafauna of the Paleolithic.
The author tries to go out on an optimistic note, making a case for "rewilding" the planet but you aren't left very hopeful. The main obstacle being convincing modern city dwellers that nature and wild spaces have value and overcoming change blindness. Every generation tends to see the current state of nature as normal and has trouble understanding what was and what could be.
Recommended for anyone interested in conservation, nature, or animals in general.
The author tries to go out on an optimistic note, making a case for "rewilding" the planet but you aren't left very hopeful. The main obstacle being convincing modern city dwellers that nature and wild spaces have value and overcoming change blindness. Every generation tends to see the current state of nature as normal and has trouble understanding what was and what could be.
Recommended for anyone interested in conservation, nature, or animals in general.