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Rebirding - Rewilding Britain and its Birds (Hardcover)
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Rebirding - Rewilding Britain and its Birds (Hardcover)
Series: Pelagic Monographs
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Rebirding takes the long view of Britain's wildlife decline, from
the early taming of our landscape and its long-lost elephants and
rhinos, to fenland drainage, the removal of cornerstone species
such as wild cattle, horses, beavers and boar - and forward in time
to the intensification of our modern landscapes and the collapse of
invertebrate populations. It looks at key reasons why species are
vanishing, as our landscapes become ever more tamed and less
diverse, with wildlife trapped in tiny pockets of habitat. It
explores how Britain has, uniquely, relied on modifying farmland,
rather than restoring ecosystems, in a failing attempt to halt
wildlife decline. The irony is that 94% of Britain is not built
upon at all. And with more nature-loving voices than any European
country, we should in fact have the best, not the most
impoverished, wildlife on our continent. Especially when the rural
economics of our game estates, and upland farms, are among the
worst in Europe. Britain is blessed with all the space it needs for
an epic wildlife recovery. The deer estates of the Scottish
Highlands are twice the size of Yellowstone National Park.
Snowdonia is larger than the Maasai Mara. The problem in Britain is
not a lack of space. It is that our precious space is uniquely
wasted - not only for wildlife, but for people's jobs and rural
futures too. Rebirding maps out how we might finally turn things
around: rewilding our national parks, restoring natural ecosystems
and allowing our wildlife a far richer future. In doing so, an
entirely new sector of rural jobs would be created; finally
bringing Britain's dying rural landscapes and failing economies
back to life.
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