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A Journey in Landscape Restoration - Carrifran Wildwood and Beyond (Paperback)
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A Journey in Landscape Restoration - Carrifran Wildwood and Beyond (Paperback)
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List price R606
Loot Price R552
Discovery Miles 5 520
You Save R54 (9%)
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Carrifran Wildwood was the brainchild of local people who mourned
the lack of natural habitats and decided to act. When Borders
Forest Trust was founded the Wildwood became the Trust's first
large land-based project, and after 20 years of work it has become
an inspirational example of ecological restoration. Removal of
sheep and goats and planting 700,000 trees launched the return of
native woodland and moorland, transforming degraded hill land into
something akin to its pristine, vibrant, carbon-absorbing state,
teeming with plants, animals and fungi, alive with birdsong and the
sound of the wind in the trees. The 40 contributors vividly
describe all the challenges of carrying forward bold initiatives
requiring close cooperation with local communities as well as
funders, authorities, landowners and partners. A core part of the
book is devoted to how nature asserts itself when given a chance.
It includes 'before and after' surveys, describes vegetation
changes - some of them unpredicted - following removal of sheep,
cattle and feral goats; unique documentation of the dramatic
changes in bird populations during the 20-year transformation of
Carrifran valley from denuded land to a restored mosaic of woodland
and moorland habitats; discussion of the gradual development of a
diverse range of invertebrate animals; and descriptions of the rich
communities of fungi and mosses, many of them newly-recorded in the
area. The book concludes with discussion of the role of restoration
ecology in addressing the biodiversity crisis and climate change.
This is the extraordinary story of how a group of motivated people
can revive nature at a landscape scale.
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