We can’t recreate ancient wilderness environments — but that’s not the point

The US National Wilderness Preservation System, created by the Wilderness Act of 1964, was a profound invention. In his review of Sophie Yeo’s book Nature’s Ghosts, Douglas Erwin trivializes the legislation’s origin as forester Aldo Leopold’s ‘pragmatic’ solution to allow undisturbed hunting (Nature 632, 974–975; 2024).

Source: Ecology - nature.com