A hopeful yet practical collection of essays exploring the many
opportunities and benefits of rewilding and how to get involved today.
Highly illustrated with nature photography tracing landscape change over
thousands of years.
Rewilding has become the key talking point in the modern conservation
movement. But it's commonly misunderstood as a campaign to fill the
forests with lynxes, wolves and bears, when in fact the ethos guiding
the British rewilding movement is much more nuanced, and much broader in
scope. It's also much more complicated, requiring an in-depth
understanding of the complexity of regional ecosystems.
Naturalist and photographer David Woodfall has spent years canvassing
converts actually working in the countryside, meeting the people on the
frontline of rewilding and collecting their stories. The result is a
passionate chorus of voices from all facets of the movement. More than
50 contributors share stories of successful examples like the Knepp and
Alladale estates, of unique species like the North Atlantic Salmon under
threat, of the essential NGOs and trusts, of government agencies and
policies, and so much more. Illustrated with Woodfall's stunning nature
photography, Rewilding offers at once an in-depth understanding of an
essential movement and the people leading it; and of British ecosystems
in all their terribly fragility and intricate beauty.
