Lucas Foglia's new book, Human Nature, explores the grey area between two narratives about the Earth he feels we have become overly focused upon: ecological disaster caused by humans and the discovery of a pristine ecology we must protect.
SEOUL — Gangjeong, a small fishing and farming village on Jeju Island 50 miles south of the Korean peninsula, is a pristine Unesco-designated ecological reserve where elderly Korean women sea divers, haenyo, still forage for seafood.
He proudly showed me the new, sadly underused, ecological park, and a pristine clay tennis court funded, with little fanfare, by Novak Djokovic.
The coastline, more than 40 miles, offers pristine stretches of sand, tidal marine life, ecological preserves, secluded coves and legendary surf breaks.
Marine benthic macrophytes (seaweeds, seagrasses) were used as bioindicators of ecosystem shifts due to anthropogenic stress, from the pristine state with late-successional species (high ecological status class (ESC)) to the degraded state with opportunistic species (bad ESC).
Switzerland is known for its pristine landscape, less for its high global ecological footprint.
"These are areas that are pristine, untouched waterways, muskegs and marshlands, and ecological features that are unique to this region, and that cannot be reclaimed by any methods that currently exist out there.
The Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) provides for the protection of water bodies that represent pristine or near-pristine condition, classified as high ecological status through the adoption of an agri-environmental decision making process that promotes stakeholder participation.
In addition, they suggested that the use of animals from pristine habitats transposed into contaminated environments is of high ecological relevance.
We're at a moment in ecological and conservation thinking where this notion of the "wild pristine" gets pulled apart, and we see that wild and pristine are almost opposite.
