For many ecologists, it would be better if we humans were not here at all. Nature, they think, should be something apart from us, pristine and perfect. In the Anthropocene epoch, with the world now dominated by humans, that is not possible. Nature lovers can mourn this. Or they can be like Richard Mabey, our greatest nature writer, and rejoice in it. For him, much of the joy and beauty of nature lies in how we respond to it, and how it responds to us.
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