This paper questions whether the rescaling of conservation practice in Canada to include local and Indigenous communities, NGOs, and private market‐based actors represents a move away from wilderness‐thinking in conservation, and what implications this might have for the future of conservation in Canada. We explore the links between Cronon's “wilderness” ethic and coloniality, racism/sexism/classism, and political economy, and the extent to which recent trends in conservation practice, such as co‐management arrangements, private tourism proposals, and a shift in programming to attract a diverse public to parks, help us to move beyond the limited vision for conservation and environmentalism that the wilderness ethic provides. We interrogate the ways in which the concept of wilderness is being employed, resisted, and transformed by a multitude of actors in three parks and conservation areas across Canada. We argue that although recent developments in conservation practice help to redress some of the worrisome aspects of wilderness‐thinking in parks, they also reinforce and re‐emphasize problematic lines of thinking and praxis. While the wilderness character of Canadian parks has shifted a great deal since the turn of the 20^th century, the wilderness ethic remains deeply embedded within conservation discourse and practice.

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重新审视“荒野”：加拿大公园管理是否超越了“荒野”伦理？

本文提出质疑，将加拿大的保护实践重新调整为包括本地和土著社区，非政府组织以及基于私人市场的行为者，是否代表了对保护的荒野思维的转变，这对加拿大保护的未来可能产生什么影响。我们探讨了克朗（Cronon）的“荒野”伦理与殖民，种族主义/性别歧视/古典主义以及政治经济学之间的联系，以及近期在保护实践中的趋势，例如共同管理安排，私人旅游建议以及计划变更等吸引多样化的公众到公园，帮助我们超越旷野伦理所提供的有限的保护和环保主义视野。我们审问荒野概念被采用，抵制，并由加拿大三个公园和保护区中的众多演员进行了改造。我们认为，尽管保护实践的最新发展有助于纠正公园中旷野思维的一些令人担忧的方面，但它们也加强并强调了有问题的思维方式和实践。自20年代以来，加拿大公园的荒野风貌发生了很大变化^到了20世纪，荒野伦理仍然深深地植根于自然保护的话语和实践之中。