Up until 10-40,000 years ago, the whole world looked as the safari parks of east Africa do today. North America would have been teeming with lions and mammoths, the Amazon and Australia would have had giant creatures, and Europe would have been home to elephants, hippos and rhinos. What has the impact of the loss of megafauna been, and should we seek to bring it back through 'rewilding'? A conference in Oxford from 18-20 March will investigate these questions.
Megafauna - what was the impact of its loss, and should we 'rewild'?
14 March 2014
with Professor Yadvinder Malhi
Professor of Ecosystem ScienceYadvinder Malhi is Professor of Ecosystem Science at the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Programme Leader of the Ecosystems Group at the Environmental Change Institute and the Jackson Senior Research Fellow at Oriel Col...