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>I’ve always found the idea of “restoring” ecosystems a bit philosophically tricky.

..we’re shaping nature to fit human values,

You’re right to question it, because the philosophy itself is based on the emotionally satisfying but ultimately unscientific “Gaia” theory of “balance” and “self-sustaining” / “self-correcting” systems.

[Ma8ee]

> because the philosophy itself is based on the emotionally satisfying but ultimately unscientific “Gaia” theory of “balance” and “self-sustaining” / “self-correcting” systems.

I’m certain some have used those ideas, but that is not what the philosophy itself is based on.