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Wilderness

Wilderness or wildlands (usually in the plural) are Earth's natural environments that have not been significantly modified by human activity, or any nonurbanized land not under extensive agricultural cultivation. The term has traditionally referred to terrestrial environments, though growing attention is being placed on marine wilderness. Recent maps of…

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History

National parks

Conservation and preservation in 20th century United States

Formal wilderness designations

International movement

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Wilderness

Nodes184
Edges183
Triples301
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.01087
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related to Further reading · 46
Wilderness → Age, American Mind, Bryson, Coming, Duncan Brewer, Earth's Last Wildernesses, Ecology, Ed, Environmental Law, Environmental Values, European, Facts, Few, Fifth Edition, File, From Prehistory, Great Outdoors, Great Writers, Gutkind, In Search
related to International movement · 28
Wilderness → At, Category, Classification System, Conservation, Handbook, Ian Player, International Journal, International Union, International Wilderness Law, IUCN, Native Lands, Nature, Policy, Protected Areas, Protecting Wild Nature, Protection, Resources, Stewardship, The, The IUCN Protected Areas
related to Ancient times and Middle Ages · 24
Wilderness → An, Artists, Ashoka, Asian, Babylonian Empire, Chinese, Chinese Empire, Earth's, Edicts, England, European, For, From, Great Mauryan King, In, Kings, Middle Ages, Nevertheless, Shan, Shih Erh Chi
related to External links · 20
Wilderness → America's WildernessThe WILD FoundationFieser, American Wilderness Philosophy, Bradley, Commission, Dowden, Edible Plants Archived, Internet Encyclopedia, ISSN, IUCN Category, James, OCLC, October, Philosophy, Protect AreasCampaign, Research InstituteWilderness Task Force/World, SocietyWilderness Information NetworkWilderness Articles, Strict Nature ReserveIUCN Category, Survival Techniques, Wayback MachineAldo Leopold Wilderness, Wilderness Areas The Wilderness
related to Extent · 15
Wilderness → According, Category, Congo, Conservation International, Earth's Last Wild Places, For, However, Human, IUCN/UNEP, Of, Over, Protected Area, Such, The, The Amazon
related to Human–nature dichotomy · 15
Wilderness → American, Another, Colonists, Eden, Europe, European, For, In, Once, Some, The, There, To European, While, Yet
related to Modern conservation · 15
Wilderness → Africa, As, British Empire, Early, Eastern Wilderness Areas Act, Global, National Forests, Nevertheless, Similar, The British, The World Wildlife Fund, This, US, Wilderness Act, WWF
related to Germany · 14
Wilderness → Biological Diversity, Euro, Findings, Germany, However, In, IUCN Category II, Mio, Since, The, The German, The German National Strategy, There, This
see also · 14
Wilderness → Act, Aldo LeopoldAdventure, Area, AwardLand, Biology, BioproductCampingConservation, John Muir Lifetime Achievement, MagazineNative American, MarshallNational Outdoor Leadership SchoolNational, Principle, Protected Area Management Category, Wilderness AreasList, Wilderness Preservation SystemNational Wildlife, WildLeave
related to 15th to 19th century · 11
Wilderness → Christian, Christian God, God-given, If, In, Military, Native Americans, North America, One, The, This

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areas land national conservation nature human area parks states wild natural also world native united act forest people protected park

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firesinstance ofThe land was shaped by Native Americans through practices0.80text
the Wildlife Conservation Societyinstance oforganizations0.80text
the WILD Foundationinstance oforganizations0.80text
The Nature Conservancyinstance oforganizations0.80text
Conservation Internationalinstance oforganizations0.80text
The Wilderness Societyinstance oforganizations0.80text
Banffinstance ofParks0.80text
Yellowstone gained favor as the railroads advertised travel toinstance ofParks0.80text
the Banff Springs Hotelinstance ofThis led to the commercialization of some of Canada's National Parks with the building of great hotels0.80text
Chateau Lake Louise.Despite their similar nameinstance ofThis led to the commercialization of some of Canada's National Parks with the building of great hotels0.80text
national parks in Englandinstance ofThis led to the commercialization of some of Canada's National Parks with the building of great hotels0.80text
Wales are quite different from national parks in many other countriesinstance ofThis led to the commercialization of some of Canada's National Parks with the building of great hotels0.80text

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