Cafe Scientifique – Making Room for Wild Nature in a Crowded World
15 January // 8:00 pm
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This month’s topic, Making Room for Wild Nature in a Crowded World by Prof Steve Carver, University of Leeds
In summer 2024, some dog-walkers in Derbyshire became frustrated that their local green space was becoming overgrown, and they mowed it, ruining a local habitat for nature, conflicting with the council’s biodiversity agenda.
This local interest news story is an example of much larger conflicts between people and nature, each encroaching on space needed by the other. In an Earth-sized world, how do we make sure there is space for nature?
Should there not be room for wild spaces where we can see the natural world, or even where we leave nature to get on by itself unseen? Steve Carver is Professor of Rewilding and Wilderness Science at Leeds University, and is involved in projects which try to solve these issues.
