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by throwaway4aday 639 days ago
Setting aside land and limiting or not allowing development of it so that it can be publicly available for enjoyment of nature or hunting and fishing is a laudable endeavour.

Banning all human presence and use of large swaths of land, on the other hand, is right up there with medieval Royal forest laws[0] and I suspect it serves the same purpose.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_forest