
The great abandonment: what happens to the natural world when people disappear?
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Nature's Resurgence Amidst Absence
This chapter examines the relationship between human absence and nature's revival, specifically through succession theory and the transformation of abandoned landscapes. It emphasizes how biodiversity can flourish not just in the absence of humans, but also in their coexistence, using a Bulgarian village as a poignant example of nature's resilience.
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