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de-naturalisation 143Map 3.2 Clayoquot SoundClayoquot’s colossal trees) and very few contain obvious signs of a humanpresence.Where they do, as Braun points out, people are either dwarfedby the enormity of the natural landscape (see Plate 3) or else made to appear‘in harmony with it’. In the latter case, several images of an indigenousgroup local to Clayoquot (the Nuu-chah-nulth) are included in the book.As Braun notes, these images depict natives as an unintrusive presence ‘atone’ with a natural environment central to their traditional way of life.In contrast to the scientistic discourse of timber resources and their rationalmanagement, Clayoquot: On the Wild Side represents the area as a majesticlandscape whose value lies not only in the rarity of its trees but also itsundespoiled character.So far so good. From my summary thus far, it may seem as if Braun’sanalysis is a species of ideology criticism, de-mystification or hegemonycritiqueas per my discussion in previous sections of this chapter. However,this is not the case. Braun’s point is that despite their apparent differences,