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Why Wilderness?
Myth 1: Wilderness are human-exclusion zones
Myth 2: Wilderness is a cultural creation or cultural landscape, a ‘human artifact’
Myth 3: Wilderness is a state of mind, a concept, not a place
Myth 4: Wilderness creates a ‘dualism’
Myth 5: Wilderness is the same as Terra Nullius
Myth 6: Wilderness does not recognise that such areas were ‘home’ to native peoples
Myth 7: Wilderness stops other uses and is not sustainable (i.e. multiple use or ‘sustainable use’)
Myth 8: Wilderness is a colonialist term
Myth 9: Wilderness is an icon of the ‘frontier’ and a monument to the colonial past
Myth 10: Wilderness is the enemy of the poor
Wilderness Truths
Myth 11: Wilderness is a romantic, escapist retreat
Myth 12: Wilderness is the idea of rich, white males
Myth 13: Idealizing wilderness means not idealizing the environment in which we live
Myth 14: Wilderness is part of patriarchy
Myth 15: Wilderness is not essential for nature conservation
Myth 16: Wilderness is an idea based on outdated equilibrium ecology
Myth 17: Wilderness is an outdated model and ‘biosphere reserves’ are better
Myth 18: Wilderness is the recreational preserve of yuppie bushwalkers
Myth 19: Wilderness is overrun by feral animals and weeds and is degraded
Myth 20: Wilderness is in conflict with the protection of endangered species
Myth 21: Wilderness ignores the knowledge of rural populations