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Assisted Migration and Urbanization
In Chapter 5 of Rambunctious Garden, Emma Marris discusses assisted migration – a process by which “species move around slowly, in geological timescales, often in response to climate shifts,” and humans assist animals in their movement (80). Climate change has had … Continue reading
Posted in 09/13: Puth & Burns (2009), Marris chap 5, Weekly Readings
Tagged Burns, Chapter 5, Emma, Marris, Puth, Rambunctious Garden
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Post 9/12/12: Rambunctious Garden 5
The idea of assisted migration, in which humanity plans and (eventually) moves certain species that are endangered by climate change into a more suitable environment, sounds considerably less preposterous than Pleistocene rewilding. It is not as extreme as rewilding; rather … Continue reading
Posted in 09/13: Puth & Burns (2009), Marris chap 5
Tagged 2012, Burns, Chapter 5, Emma, Marris, Puth, Rambunctious Garden, September 12
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