{"id":2951,"date":"2019-06-05T15:09:10","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T15:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/?p=2951"},"modified":"2019-06-28T10:42:11","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T10:42:11","slug":"rewilding-restoring-the-natural-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/05\/rewilding-restoring-the-natural-balance\/","title":{"rendered":"REWILDING – Restoring the Balance"},"content":{"rendered":"\"\"\n

Wild?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The British and Irish landscape has been altered so much that very little of it can be truly called wild. Trees were felled, peat bogs drained, rivers and streams dammed or redirected; and large mammals such as wolves, bears, lynx, beavers, aurochs and wild boar were hunted to extinction. Taking their place were sheep, cows, deer and fields upon fields of crops. In other words, biodiversity was reduced, habitats destroyed and ecosystems unbalanced.<\/p>\n

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Rewilding<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The concept of rewilding is about addressing that imbalance. It’s\u00a0about restoring ecosystems by re-introducing animals and plants to areas from which they have disappeared.\u00a0 It’s about allowing nature to manage itself. The hope is that the damage can be undone and that everyone and everything will benefit from it.<\/p>\n

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Rewilding – Real Life Stories of Returning British and Irish Wildlife to Balance<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

REWILDING (William Collins, \u00a317.99<\/a>)\u00a0<\/em>is a collection of true stories about how people are doing this. Collected and edited by photographer and conservationist David Woodfall, this book looks at over 50 successful examples of rewilding in Britain and Ireland: from the Scottish Highlands to the bogs of Ireland, the Welsh valleys to cities and gardens. It’s a collection of essays illustrated by David’s pictures and written by those on the ground who are pushing for change and a more wholesome approach to conservation.<\/p>\n

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