Geography 2156B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: European Green Belt, Eurasian Brown Bear, Passenger Pigeon
17 Mar 2020
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Similar in western europe (picture) even more dense. Western europe has high population density, few wilderness areas. Biggest stretches would be the pockets in the alps. Lots of small parks in europe, but not large by north american standards. Target region for continental scale connectivity corridors. It"s due to geopolitics: more due to the wake of the second world war, divide btwn eastern and western europe, european green belt has a geopolitical legacy due to the cold war. European brown bear made it into germany and became a celebrity. But the bear was ultimately followed and killed. Ranchers are a primary use of area around. Ranchers don"t like having wolves wander on their property. Algonquin has a small but very threatened wolf population. For the vast majority of history, humans have shared landscapes with large predators. Complex cultural attitudes from awe and reverence. Other side is a deepdeep hatred and fear.
