재야생화 지구: 보존과 복원을 위한 운동

### 지구를 다시 살리기: 환경 보호를 위한 행동 촉구
* 🌍 자연이 광범위하게 파괴되는 것을 목격한 첫 세대인 우리는 **인간의 확장이 서식지를 축소**하고 **야생동물의 감소**를 초래하고 있다는 사실을 분명히 알고 있습니다.
* 💔 에드워드 애비의 말이 울림을 줍니다: **"행동하지 않는 감정은 영혼의 파멸이다."**라는 그의 말은 절망에 맞서 행동으로 옮기는 노력을 통해 다시 일어설 수 있도록 영감을 줍니다.
* 🌱 리와일딩은 **자연이 스스로 치유할 수 있도록 하고 사라진 종을 다시 도입**하여 생태계를 적극적으로 복원하는 것으로, 발표자에게는 개인적인 여정이기도 합니다.
* 🌳 지난 30년간의 노력으로 칠레와 아르헨티나에서 **200만 에이커가 넘는 서식지**를 확보하여 **15개의 새로운 국립공원**을 조성했습니다.
* 🦌 생태계 복원을 통해 **24종의 토종 생물이 다시 번성**할 수 있게 되었으며, 심각한 훼손 이후에도 경관이 회복될 수 있다는 가능성을 보여주었습니다.
* 🚀 그러나 기후와 멸종 위기의 시급성으로 인해 **국경을 넘어 분열된 생태계를 연결하는 대규모 보존 전략**으로의 전환이 필요합니다.
* 🌊 강과 같은 자연 통로를 보호함으로써 야생동물의 이동과 생물 다양성을 촉진하여 **재규어와 흰사슴과 같은 종의 생존**을 보장할 수 있습니다.
* 🌱 궁극적으로 이 여정은 개인의 노력을 넘어 **미래 세대가 자연과 인간 공동체 모두를 위한 풍요로움과 야생의 비전을 받아들이도록 영감을 주는 것**을 목표로 합니다.

지구를 다시 야생화하기는 미래 세대를 위해 생태계를 복원하고 멸종 위기에 처한 종을 되살리기 위한 집단적 운동에 영감을 불어넣습니다.

I'm of the first generation in all of human history to witness the decimation of wild nature taking place in every corner of the planet. This isn't a mystery; we know this. At the end of the day, it's simple mathematics. We humans expand our footprint, habitat on land and sea shrink, wildlife numbers fall, temperatures rise, and human communities suffer. And this is what keeps me up at night. But I'm also busy. Edward Abbey, the godfather of environmental activism, once said, Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul. And for me, the antidote to despair is to act. And the most direct action at Tompkins Conservation is to be part of the global movement of rewilding the Earth. So what is rewilding anyway? It means allowing ancient nature the space and the freedom to heal itself. And when that's not possible, actively restoring territories and bringing back species who have gone missing.

Rewilding is both simple and miraculous. I know this because I have lived it. Here's what I think can happen if we take on rewilding the continent at a massive scale. Because frankly, we're kind of running out of time saving the natural world. So if there was ever a moment for a Hail Mary pass in conservation, I think this is it. 30 years ago, when my late husband, Doug Tompkins, and I began working on land conservation projects, we weren't really sure what we were going to do, but we knew we would invest everything we had in terms of our time and resources to slow down the freight train of development that we saw destroying the natural world. As climbers, ski racers, wildlife people, we had long begun to witness with our own eyes, and it was time for us to react to those things that were oh so clear to us. For the two of us,

that meant making a 180-degree shift of our business lives. Doug, as the cofounder of “The North Face” and then “Esprit.” And for me, it was retiring from Patagonia company after 25 years, 18 of those years as CEO. We moved to a roadless area at the tip of South America, at the foot of a very deep fjord in Chile. We committed ourselves to saving as much wild habitat as we could, at first by simply buying land, ultimately acquiring over two million acres of key habitat in Chile and Argentina. Some of these tracks were still wild, but some were deeply degraded after a century of livestock overgrazing and deforestation and other threats. We formed teams on the ground and worked with communities and local, regional, national governments. And partnering with now 12 presidential administrations in the two countries, we gave back everything that we put together in terms of conservation lands by donating them in the form of new national parks.

(Applause) Yes. (Applause) So far, we’ve initiated 15 new national parks, protecting over 15 million acres. We came to know, without a doubt, that landscapes can recover, even those forests, grasslands, wetlands hardest hit. But the more we worked saving and restoring lands and seascapes, the more we came to realize that you can't have healthy ecosystems if keystone species are missing. As Lois Crisler said, “Landscape without wildlife is just scenery.” And we never saw ourselves as being in the scenery business. Protecting large-scale territories is essential. You can't paint a masterpiece unless you have the canvas. But once the territory is secured long-term, we had to commit ourselves to go beyond land conservation and set our goals to leaving behind fully functioning ecosystems. Figuring out what species are missing or whose numbers are low and fragile, and commit to bringing them back.

And that's exactly what we're doing. Today, Patagonia grasslands, temperate rainforests are safe and whole, and nearly two million acres of wetlands have been protected. A total of 24 native species, which were nearly extinct, are again roaming free and reproducing in their rightful territories, from apex predators that influence entire ecosystems to seed bearers, herbivores, smaller predators, each playing out their essential role in the theater that we call life. In Chile, the population of the nearly extinct huemul deer is no longer losing ground. And after a century of livestock grazing in the Patagonia grasslands, which celebrated the killing of predators such as cougars and foxes, they are back and they are thriving. But all of this experience has shown us that this is still not enough. The speed and power of the climate crisis and the extinction crisis demand, I think, that we change our tactics again,

and this time it's got to be on a massive scale. Yes, the parks offer refuge from the forces of industrialization, and we know ecosystems can be restored. And very importantly, we know that when people reconnect with nature, it inspires them to protect it. But at the same time, if you think about it, parks, even the massive wild parks, are islands. They're not connected. And this is a huge problem because in order to survive and become resilient, ecosystems need to be connected. Sometimes extensions of territories and sometimes as stepping stones. One way or the other, flora and fauna have to be able to expand over territories as they once did. So how is this done? It requires expanding strategies into the next 20 years. We have to reconnect the wild fabric of South America, both from Chile and Argentina. Our 30 years of conservation work is radiating up and out now, reconnecting habitat and species back into one full continent.

Luckily, and not surprisingly, Mother Nature has already built the literal road map to make this possible. In Chile, this means going up the entire spine of the Andes with endangered species and down the currents to Antarctica, following marine wildlife systems beyond -- and this is the point -- human-made borders. As an example of this in Argentina, rivers are natural wildlife bridges. So if we protect the rivers and the land around them, we create these continental-scale corridors. Think of them as wild highways. In our kind of work, there's a saying about the role of top predators that I think helps make this clearer. In our case, if jaguars can expand their territory from north to south, east to west, then everybody else, animals, insects, flora, fauna, can walk under their legs. And that's our goal. So from Ibera National Park in Argentina, we build connections across the borders in Brazil, Paraguay,

Uruguay, Bolivia, and create biodiversity throughout the La Plata River basin, the Yungas cloud forest, the Chaco forest, the Atlantic forest. There's no question that this is a very audacious next and new step. I'm 73, and for the first time in my business and conservation life, I know I'm not going to see the end of this new story. But that's OK with me. In fact, a very wise and good friend of ours, Wes Jackson, said to us years ago, If your life's work can be accomplished in your lifetime, you're not thinking big enough. (Laughter) (Applause) Today, the original teams we built have become independent organizations known as Fundación Rewilding Chile and Fundación Rewilding Argentina. And they are continuing this work long into the future. Sometimes people ask me what Doug would have wanted and what I would hope our legacy becomes.

And I always say the same thing. As proud as we are of what we've been able to accomplish thus far, none of us spends much time looking backwards. Rather, we see all the work that we've done as a foundation to build third, fourth generations of team leaders who share a common vision with us. And that is, we refuse to accept a future without wildness, without abundance, and dignified human communities. So what started as a personal journey has become a journey of many. From several dedicated individuals to whole teams, generations of teams, and communities who are joining the movement toward regenerative economies, followed by their offspring and their descendants. And finally, this journey is about bringing back large-scale territories, keeping them safe, and finding the species who were long gone missing: the jaguars, the huemul deer, the Andean condors, giant anteaters, pumas, Pampas deer, the bare-faced curacao.

the Darwin’s rheas, maned wolf, marsh deer, macaws, ocelots, red-footed tortoises, giant river otters. May they thrive long into the future. They are the legacy long after our story is told. And remember, the first step in saving nature is the rewilding of our own minds. Thank you very much. (Applause)

A Bold Plan to Rewild the Earth — at Massive Scale | Kristine McDivitt Tompkins | TED

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화자는 인간의 팽창과 기후 변화로 인해 야생 자연이 광범위하게 파괴되는 것을 목격한 첫 세대의 일원입니다.

화자는 절망에 대한 해독제로 자연에 치유 공간을 제공하고 서식지와 종을 적극적으로 복원하는 재야생화를 통한 행동을 취하고 있습니다.

연사는 자연을 살리기 위해서는 대규모의 재야생화 노력이 필요하다고 강조합니다.

파타고니아의 전 CEO와 함께 노스페이스와 에스프리의 공동 창립자들은 남미의 주요 서식지를 200만 에이커 이상 매입하면서 환경 보호에 초점을 맞췄습니다.

이들은 지역 사회 및 정부와 협력하여 궁극적으로 15개의 새로운 국립공원을 설립하고 1,500만 에이커가 넘는 면적을 보호했습니다.

핵심 종의 중요성을 인식하고 완전히 기능하는 생태계를 복원하고 사라지거나 취약한 종을 되살리는 데 전념했습니다.

남미의 생태계를 다시 연결하다

파타고니아의 초원, 온대 우림, 습지가 성공적으로 보호되면서 최상위 포식자와 초식동물을 포함한 24종의 토종 동물이 다시 살아나고 있습니다.

칠레에서 멸종 직전까지 갔던 후물사슴은 이제 번성하고 있으며 퓨마나 여우와 같은 포식자도 초원으로 돌아왔습니다.

기후와 멸종 위기에 대처하기 위해서는 향후 20년 동안 남미 전역의 생태계와 생물종을 다시 연결하기 위한 대규모의 접근 방식이 필요합니다.

남미에 생물다양성 통로 만들기

칠레와 아르헨티나의 대자연 로드맵은 안데스 산맥과 자연 강을 통해 대륙 규모의 야생동물 통로를 만들기 위한 전략을 제시합니다.

재규어와 같은 최상위 포식자의 영역 확장은 다른 종의 번성을 가능하게 하므로 생물 다양성을 증진하는 데 매우 중요합니다.

이러한 보존 노력은 칠레와 아르헨티나에 독립적인 조직을 설립하여 향후에도 지속적인 활동을 이어갈 수 있도록 했습니다.

연사는 거칠고 풍요로운 미래에 대한 공통의 비전을 가진 팀 리더들의 미래를 내다보고 유산을 구축하는 것이 중요하다고 강조합니다.

이 운동은 헌신적인 개인에서 전체 커뮤니티와 세대로 확대되어 재생 경제와 대규모 영토 복원을 위해 노력하고 있습니다.

연사는 자연을 살리기 위한 첫걸음으로 멸종된 종을 되살리고 우리의 마음을 다시 야생화시키는 것이 중요하다고 강조합니다.