Samstag, 08. Februar 2025, 09:00 - 18:00 iCal

Rethinking Wild Europe

European Perspectives on Wilderness, Rewilding and Biodiversity Conservation

Neues Institutsgebäude Universität Wien
Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien

Konferenz

Campus

Weitere Termine

Freitag, 07. Februar 2025, 09:30 - 18:00

The tension between, on the one hand, the desire to welcome wild animals and wilderness (back) to Europe and, on the other, preserving and rekindling cultural value and identity animates the debate on rewilding, biodiversity conservation, and land management. Wilderness, and more recently rewilding, have been criticised as colonial, patriarchal, and anthropocentric concepts. While much of this debate takes place in a North American context, Europe has its own challenges to face: among them, human-wildlife conflict; ongoing debates on land use, land access, and land sovereignty; divergent views on wild(er)ness between conservationists and local stakeholders; and concerns about animal welfare in rewilding projects. The event will address these (and other) issues arising within European conservation and rewilding.

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Veranstalter

Philosophisches Institut


Kontakt

Leonie Bossert
Universität Wien
004917634190284
leonie.nora.bossert@univie.ac.at