Should we be taking a walk on the rewild side?
May 16, 2019
3 minutes
REWILDING is divisive in land management circles. Removing human intervention from a managed landscape and allowing nature to take its course is becoming increasingly fashionable, be it the reversion of heather moorland and hill sheep country to ancient forests or intensive lowland arable cropping to mires, scrub and extensive grasslands. The advocates claim a range of positive impacts across water, carbon fixation, wildlife diversity and associated tourism. Opponents have concerns about the loss of employment, heritage,
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