Bibliograph

Wilding, the return of nature to a British farm, Isabella Tree

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Wilding, the return of nature to a British farm, Isabella Tree

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Wilding

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1038407280

Responsibility statement

Isabella Tree

Sub title

the return of nature to a British farm

Summary

Tells the story of the 'Knepp experiment', a pioneering rewilding project in West Sussex, using free-roaming grazing animals to create new habitats for wildlife. Forced to accept that intensive farming on the heavy clay of their land at Knepp was economically unsustainable, Isabella Tree and her husband Charlie Burrell made a spectacular leap of faith-- they decided to step back and let nature take over. Thanks to the introduction of free-roaming cattle, ponies, pigs and deer-- proxies of the large animals that once roamed Britain-- the 3,500 acre project has seen extraordinary increases in wildlife numbers and diversity in little over a decade. Extremely rare species, including turtle doves, nightingales, peregrine falcons, lesser spotted woodpeckers and purple emperor butterflies, are now breeding at Knepp, and populations of other species are rocketing. The Burrells' degraded agricultural land has become a functioning ecosystem again, heaving with life-- all by itself. Personal and inspirational, Wilding is an astonishing account of the beauty and strength of nature, when it is given as much freedom as possible

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