Question

Reread the information from sections 10:39-11:36 of the transcript of "For More Wonder, Rewild the World." 10:39 And the opportunities for this are developing more rapidly than you might think possible. There's one estimate which suggests that in the United States, two thirds of the land which was once forested and then cleared has become reforested as loggers and farmers have retreated, particularly from the eastern half of the country. There's another one which suggests that 30 million hectares of land in Europe, an area the size of Poland, will be vacated by farmers between 2000 and 2030. 11:12 Now, faced with opportunities like that, does it not seem a little unambitious to be thinking only of bringing back wolves, lynx, bears, beavers, bison, boar, moose, and all the other species which are already beginning to move quite rapidly across Europe? Perhaps we should also start thinking about the return of some of our lost megafauna. What inference can be made based on this information?

A) By having a vast difference in climate between past and present, we have lost the potential to bring back the original species that lived in certain areas.

B) By removing the human element from vast stretches of land, we have the potential to reintroduce species of animals and plants that have long since disappeared.

C) The speaker believes that areas that have been exploited by farmers and loggers have the lowest potential to be restored to their natural state.

D) The speaker considers these areas to have the potential to be repopulated by humans.​

Answer 1

c

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Answer 2

B) By removing the human element from vast stretches of land, we have the potential to reintroduce species of animals and plants that have long since disappeared.

The speaker provides specific examples of areas of land that are becoming reforested and land that will be vacated by farmers in the near future, suggesting that these areas now have the potential to be restored to their natural state. He also notes that certain species are already beginning to move back across Europe, and suggests that the opportunity to reintroduce even more species, including lost megafauna, should be considered. All this information indicate that there is an opportunity to reintroduce species of animals and plants that have long since disappeared by removing the human element from vast stretches of land.