Indigenous knowledge and the persistence of the 'wilderness' myth

Aboriginal people in Australia view wilderness, or what is called "wild country," as sick land that's been neglected and not cared for. This is the opposite of the romantic understanding of wilderness as pristine and healthy—a view which underpins much non-Indigenous conservation effort. In a recent paper for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, we demonstrate how many iconic "wilderness" landscapes...are actually the product of long-term management and maintenance by Indigenous and local peoples.

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