Involuntary parks: Human conflict is creating unintended refuges for wildlife

Mongabay
Jan 15, 2026, 4:10 pm152 pts
Few locations on Earth are as haunting or deeply ironic as so-called involuntary parks — places too toxic, dangerous, or otherwise made off-limits for human habitation, but which have paradoxically and unintentionally become sanctuaries for wildlife in our absence. As the name coined by science fiction author…

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