Rethinking Wilderness and the Wild : Conflict, Conservation and Co-existence (Paperback)

Introduction Part 1. What is wilderness? The stories we tell 1. Wilderness in Literature and Culture: Changing perceptions of the relationship with ‘country’ Stephen Harris 2. Evolving values of wilderness in the Age of Extinction: Environmental campaigning in Australia Vanessa Bible and Tanya Howard 3. Collaborative Wilderness Preservation and the Franklin River Campaign: Environmentalists, Aboriginal People and the Creative Arts Marty Branagan 4. The Wilderness experience in National Parks: A case study of Boonoo Boonoo National Park Johanna Garnett 5. Aboriginal owned and jointly managed national parks: Caring for cultural imperatives and conservation outcomes Julie Collins and Warlpa Kutjika Thompson 6. Changing Attitudes towards Wilderness in Aotearoa/New Zealand: From Disappointment to Glorification and Guardianship Tom Brooking Part 2. The how of wilderness: Relationships and reciprocity 7. Reimagining wilderness and the wild in Australia in the wake of bushfires Robyn Bartel and Marty Branagan 8. Human Engagement in Place-Care: Back from the Wilderness Robyn Bartel and Donald Hine and Methuen Morgan 9. Botanical Wilderness Narratives: Plant Intelligence and Shifting Perceptions of the Botanical World John Charles Ryan 10. People as purposeful and conscientious resource stewards: Human Agency in a World Gone Wild Tao Orion 11. Exploring wilderness in Iceland: Charting meaningful encounters with uninhabited lands Þorvarður Arnason Part 3. The why of wilderness: New and different wilds 12. Wilderness Triumphant: Beyond Romantic Nature, Settlement and Agriculture Anthony Lynch and Stephen Norris 13. The future of wilderness in the Anthropocene and beyond: Wild machinations Brendan Mackey 14. Rewilding as an expression of love: philosophical perspectives on human engagement Fiona Utley 15. From Wilderness Preservation to the Fight for Lawlands: Towards a Revisioning of Conservation Freya Mathews 16. Rupturing the Western concept of wilderness: restoring human relationships with place and nature Lorina Barker