the approach to protecting and enhancing wild places
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During the Wilderness Academy in Mittersill, Austria, Stuart Brooks the CEO of John Muir Trust was talking about the Scottish experience of preserving wildlands for future generations. He highlighted the philosophy of rewilding and the 3-step approach of JMT to work for better protection of of wild areas: - to protect - to enhance - to ENGAGETRANSCRIPT
United KingdomAn approach to protecting and enhancing wild places
Stuart BrooksChief Executive
‘Look deep into nature and then you will understand everything better.’ Albert Einstein
• To Protect• To Enhance• To Engage
PristineWilderness
ManagedWild Land
Wildness
Urban Greenspace
Ecosystem Health
A quality experienced by people
Wildlife
WildPlaces
People
Rewilding
Stronelairg
Stronelairg: from Geal Charn (Monadhliath)
“Most people are on the world, not in it, have no sympathy or relationship to anything about them - undiffused, separate, and rigidly alone like marbles of polished stone, touching but separate.” John Muir
“Our experiences shape our values. When we engage values repeatedly, they become entrenched and we regard them as important.” Common Cause for Nature
“Fresh air comes into your body and all the bad stuff goes out”
