Conservation, Restoration, Rewilding

Rewilding has emerged in recent years as an approach for creative conservation, restoration and reintroduction of species (esp. megafauna). The central aim is to work with nature to restore functions such as predation, flood storage and soil stabilization. The Tempelhof Field contains conservations areas for biodiversity. Some central questions that emerge around concepts of rewilding are linked to the question of what is being restored or conserved and how. This directly links to our understanding of ‘nature’ and ‘culture’. Nature is often perceived as free of humans while culture is considered the opposite.

Questions related to ideas of nature and conservation in urban spaces may include the following:

  • What do we consider nature to be in urban spaces?
  • What is sought to be restored or conserved?
  • How can the Tempelhof Field be understood as a site of conservation or restoration?
  • Who is benefitting from these efforts?

See more information here at Rewilding Britain.

The film Natura Urbana focuses on spontaneous vegetation and nature reconquering abandoned sites, derelict buildings and roofs, corners and edges in Berlin.

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Julia Affolderbach, Sabine Dörry, Sylvain Klein, Cyrille Médard de Chardon, Ivonne Weichold, and Sahar Zavareh
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