Protecting a large natural habitat

[ElectricEgregore]

Stumbled upon plans for a large nature reservation not so far from me that is planned to be transformed because of ideological/economic interests,
for the worse of anyone and anything living inside the forest area or beside it, they do not care for the countless protected species there and want to plant huge windmills everywhere on a large scale. I think this is about destruction, why else would you choose this area over countless options in areas of mono-culture etc.

How would you approach the protection of a rather large area like this?

I think the other part regarding the participants that want to make it happen or oppose it is pretty clear to me.

I just wondered if there were some rituals you guys know/could be applied to this scenario or could be drawn inspiration from?

Thank you!

 

[FireBorn]

Maybe petition the land spirits on that land? Maybe its too late for that at this point, meaning it has been sold or under development. I would still petition the land spirits, ask them to protect the land against development.

You could also ask a demon or angel, or Deity or planetary force to assist if its that important to you. You could (this is easy to do) create a curse against the current of development on that piece of land. This curse wouldn't be against people or companies, but against the current of development.

The curse could include:

Confusion and disruption of those who try to develop the land.
Frustration in the minds of those who would take part in said development.
Blockages in the funding used for development of that land.
Severe headaches plus a sudden onset of heavy diarrhea of anyone who steps foot on that land with the intent to develop it. (together that would be horrible lol).

This way your curse would land only on those who take part in the development of the land. Not against any persons directly. That keeps you clean. This works well with this type of intention.

I would petition the land spirits, plus weave a curse into the land against its development.

Good luck!

 

[ElectricEgregore]

Thank you for the suggestions, the part about targeting the area itself is great, a little tummy pain may nudge people to 'do their business in their own backyard'!

Lately I feel drawn in the direction of some folk magical approaches, like hammering nails into the ground and all that classic 'one snake skin and one shark eye' stuff. I think wandering and travelling along the corners of the large area and hammering a few blessed/cursed nails here and there, maybe making them of wood even, would also strengthen the rituals.

I was very minimalist with paraphernalia but get increasingly attracted into the folk ideas of physicality.

The process of this atrocity of ruining the reserve is not through legislation completely, that's why I think targeting the process and the interest groups involved may still make sense...

I'm an occasional psychonaut, made me think of the contacting of the spirits of the land

Do you by any chance have some elemental or geomancy related works or things to recommend?

 

[AlfrunGrima]

I would not hesitate to work with a demon that is connected with war. Just to help you to stand your ground in this... and maybe read stories about the fae in Ireland to see what kind of revenges you did not thought about. The fae were violent to them who disturbed their ground, I guess you will find some inspiration before you petition the spirits of the land. And has the land bigger predators? Or bigger predators nearby? If so, you can ask the spirit of them. Think of wolves and bears.

 

[ElectricEgregore]

I would not hesitate to work with a demon that is connected with war. Just to help you to stand your ground in this... and maybe read stories about the fae in Ireland to see what kind of revenges you did not thought about. The fae were violent to them who disturbed their ground, I guess you will find some inspiration before you petition the spirits of the land. And has the land bigger predators? Or bigger predators nearby? If so, you can ask the spirit of them. Think of wolves and bears.

Makes sense to me, real nature can not be rebuilt in short time frames that matter in our human scale of time.
Makes me want to put up Nidstang's all around XD

Unfortunately but fortunately for the predators none really exist in this part of the land. Other larger forests have some wolves and Lynxes.

The part about the Fae sounds interesting to me - it's been a while but I end up again and again with the topic of caves and related stories about time distortions and local legends surrounding mountains etc.

That's how I got to know at some point that the Fae had not much to do with the modern fiction of Faires and were living close to our realm but unterground, right? I would love to learn more about them.

I will not live here for so much longer but i still care enough, doesn't help that the majority of the population is indifferent, delusional and alienated to nature. There are small petitions but not nearly enough to change a thing.

Thank you for your ideas!

 

[AlfrunGrima]

Makes sense to me, real nature can not be rebuilt in short time frames that matter in our human scale of time.
Makes me want to put up Nidstang's all around XD

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this is useful information about how to put the nidstang and the why about using the horsehead, I had it in my collection of weblinks.

 

[zamradiel]

Kudzu seeds, and lots of them. Kudzu can grow up to a foot a day in summer... the developers and investors would love that.

Of course, the kudzu would also strangle the forest… so maybe not the best defense.

You might want to research the land (GIS lookup) and see if it has any environmental protections or designations under local law. That kind of detail can make a real difference when you start pushing back.

Stumbled upon plans for a large nature reservation not so far from me that is planned to be transformed because of ideological/economic interests,
for the worse of anyone and anything living inside the forest area or beside it, they do not care for the countless protected species there and want to plant huge windmills everywhere on a large scale. I think this is about destruction, why else would you choose this area over countless options in areas of mono-culture etc.

How would you approach the protection of a rather large area like this?

I think the other part regarding the participants that want to make it happen or oppose it is pretty clear to me.

I just wondered if there were some rituals you guys know/could be applied to this scenario or could be drawn inspiration from?

Thank you!

 

[ElectricEgregore]

Kudzu seeds, and lots of them. Kudzu can grow up to a foot a day in summer... the developers and investors would love that.

Of course, the kudzu would also strangle the forest… so maybe not the best defense.

You might want to research the land (GIS lookup) and see if it has any environmental protections or designations under local law. That kind of detail can make a real difference when you start pushing back.

Very interesting, but invasive species are a bit over the top in a way. It's prohibited in Europe and yeah, maybe for the post-apocalypse though!

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this is useful information about how to put the nidstang and the why about using the horsehead, I had it in my collection of weblinks.

Also very nice info, but given the whole process with multiple Nidstang's I think I'd rather go with an Idea of the direction blessed/cursed nails instead.

Realized there are some other predators that are directly affected by these plans living there- big birds of prey.