Rewilding war zones can help heal the wounds of conflict
(WorldNews Environment)

TTstudio/Shutterstock Where the Iron Curtain once divided Europe with barbed wire, a network of wilderness with bears, wolves and lynx now thrives. Commemorating 100 years since the end of World War I, people wear poppies to evoke the vast fields of red flowers which grew over the carnage of Europe´s battlefields. Once human conflict has ended, the return of nature to barren landscapes becomes a potent symbol of peace. These tragedies, which force people away from a place, can help ecosystems replenish in their absence. Though rewilding is typically considered an active decision, like the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park , abandoned rural land often returns to wilderness...