Ebook: Wilding : the return of nature to a British farm
Author: Tree Isabella
- Tags: Biodiversity conservation -- England -- Case studies, Nature conservation -- England -- Case studies, Environmental protection -- England, Land use Rural -- England, Farm management -- England -- West Sussex, Ecosystem management -- England -- West Sussex, Agricultural landscape management -- England -- West Sussex, Agricultural landscape management, Biodiversity conservation, Ecosystem management, Environmental protection, Farm management, Land use Rural, Nature conservation, England, England -- West Sussex
- Year: 2018
- Publisher: Picador
- City: London, England., England--West Sussex.
- Edition: Uncorrected proof copy 03-05-18, [paperback edition].
- Language: English
- epub
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 Read more...