The new wild
by Fred Pearce · first published 2015
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Think about it too when people (reflexively) tell you not to plant "non-natives". Resources: The New Wild: Why Invasive Species Will be Nature's Salvation by Fred Pearce Beyond the War on Invasive Species: A Permaculture Approach to Ecosystem Restoration by Tao Orion
on “What did the ancient Romans eat?” ↗There is an excellent book about this. 'The New Wild' by Fred Pearce is well worth a read. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22716462-the-new-wild We shouldn't introduce species deliberately in new places, but in many places species have taken off and…
on “The Dingo's Fate” ↗Have mostly read novels this year, but when I have read non-fiction it was mostly extracts for my personal research, not necessarily cover to cover. I will try to give a wide range: * "The New Wild: Why Invasive Species Will Be Nature's Salvation" by Fred Pearce. A very different view of ecosystems. * "In the Land of Invented Languages" by Arika Okrent. Very entertaining. * "Bully Inc." by Peter…
on “Ask HN: Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2025” ↗The book 'The New Wild : Why Invasive Species Will be Nature's Salvation' is really interesting about this : https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/22716462 To quote a bit of my own review of the book "The New Wild (2016)…
on “A weed is swallowing the Sonoran Desert” ↗…people feel the need to rename basic ideas Anyways it seems very adjacent to theories and criticisms of invasion biology. See: - Invasion Biology: Critique of a Pseudoscience (academic book) - The New Wild: Why Invasive Species Will Be Nature's Salvation (popular science book) - A systematic review of context bias in invasion biology (review, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182502)
on “Battle of the botanic garden: the horticulture war roiling the Isle of Wight” ↗