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Purpose....
To discuss how we identify, express and
promote wild land values, and their associated issues.
What happened…
Working
mostly in pairs, people in the group discussed and prioritised a range of
values relating to wild land across different categories, as set out
below.
Perceptual Characteristics
“Scale”
“Undevelopedness”
“Wildness”
“Time”
“Beauty”
“Sprituality?”
It was noted that “wild
land” (extensive tracts of wild land, usually remote) should be
distinguished from “wild places” (smaller places and areas of land, which
can be anywhere)
Experience
“Discovery & serendipity”
“Finding an inner edge”
“Uncertainty”
“Fast and slow”
“Emotion – happiness”
Nature and Nature’s Services
“Natural/ecosystem processes – nature in charge”
“Ecosystem processes”
“Giving more space to nature”
“Flourishing, increasing, abundance, diversity &
complexity”
“Health connections with nature”
“Carbon
sink”
“Deep time”
“Self regulation, self renewal & self etc…”
Skills and Livelihoods
“Low
intensity farming – sometimes”
“Wild land creation as a consequence of sustainable
land use and living”
“Low intensity acccess”
“Personal development activities”
“Farming/?Reintroductions??”
Other factors
“Intrinsically functional wild land”
“Who has the power? How can it change?”
“Cultural landscapes – how do we challenge resistance
to any change?”
“Threats: Politicians/conservationists”
“Threats: old style conservation; profit (monetary)”
“Intervention point”
Taking the values on to issues
and actions
Mostly working in pairs, people then prioritised three of the above
values. They identified the key issue associated with that value,
identified what action could be taken to address the issue, and suggested
which kinds of bodies could take that action. This is set out in the table
below:
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Value |
Issue |
Action |
Actor(s) |
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Ecosystem processes |
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Scale
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Science
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Emotional/philosophical
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Who needs convincing?
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- Get examples on
the ground sorted
- Science arguments
Media/people
- Target the
process rather than for example a given species (BAP). But can be
wooly and hard to monitor
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Who has power?
How
(when) can it change? |
Where is wildland in
the public consciousness? |
Invention of,
or use of,
existing process for participation |
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Finding an inner edge |
- We are strangled
in our own comfort zones
- Wild nature is
one edge we can find
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- Encounters with
wild places
- Taking nature as
being for itself
- Experiencing
one’s own wild nature (the idea of
wildness)
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Educators
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Poets
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Inspirers
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NGOs should
prioritise
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Inspiration needed
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Present:
Rick Minter, facilitator, Mark Fisher, David
Haley, Sophie Lake, Rob Macbeth, David Picken, David Russell, Peter Welsh
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