| 04 August 2010

Image credit: Carl Montgomery/Flickr Typically, when an area is fenced off from human populations, nature moves in and flourishes. This simple idea—on which all conservation land management is founded—seems obvious. But in the Chernobyl exclusion zone—an area that was isolated after the 1986 disaster—the opposite is true. Even after decades free of human contact, animals still struggle to survive in this wildlife preserve nearly 200 square miles ... Read the full story on TreeHugger