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UK can sustain itself if it converted all animal farmland to forest, Harvard research shows
2024-03-13 (or before) in The Vegan SocietyResearchers found the UK can convert animal farmland to forest and still grow enough protein as well as help combat climate change.
Tagged under: Net Zero | Food Production and Consumption | Agriculture | Rewilding | Trees
Rewilding Ireland: ‘Undoing the damage’ from a history of deforestation
2024-02-27 in MongabayRewilding advocate Eoghan Daltun was unsatisfied with life in Dublin, so he sold his property and bought a farm on the Beara Peninsula of southwestern Ireland. His plan was simple: remove the invasive plant species and then put up a fence to keep out the goats and nonnative sika deer. The land did the rest, […]
Tagged under: Rewilding
Rewilding: A Call for Boosting Ecological Complexity in Conservation
2023-08-15 (or before) in Society for Conservation Biology JournalAbstract Rewilding has emerged as an audacious conservation approach aiming at restoring wild species interactions and their regulation of ecosystem processes by focusing on the key role of species...
Tagged under: Rewilding
Rewilding Methodology
2023-08-15 (or before) in Mossy Earth: Rewilding MembershipWe chose our rewilding projects through a systematic selection process. Mossy earth members get to choose which interventions to support and receive interesting project updates.
Tagged under: Rewilding
New results show dramatic improvements to soil quality at Isle of Wight Rewilding Project | Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust
2023-07-07 (or before) in Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife TrustDramatic new results from an Isle of Wight rewilding scheme have been hailed as “very significant” in the fight against pollution in the Solent.
Tagged under: Wildlife | Rewilding
Why Rewilding This Kind of Farmland Is a Win for the Planet
2023-05-22 in Sentient Media - Reporting on the Impact of Animal AgricultureNew research suggests rewilding is more effective than tree-planting, and when it comes to which land to rewild, the answer is also clear: farms.
Tagged under: Farming | Rewilding
Trophic rewilding can expand natural climate solutions
2023-03-28 (or before) in NatureNatural climate solutions are being advanced to arrest climate warming by protecting and enhancing carbon capture and storage in plants, soils and sediments in ecosystems. These solutions are viewed as having the ancillary benefit of protecting habitats and landscapes to conserve animal species diversity. However, this reasoning undervalues the role animals play in controlling the carbon cycle. We present scientific evidence showing that protecting and restoring wild animals and their functional roles can enhance natural carbon capture and storage. We call for new thinking that includes the restoration and conservation of wild a...
Tagged under: Rewilding | Carbon Capture and Storage
How restoring key wildlife species can be a game-changing climate solution | One Earth
2023-03-28 (or before) in Together, we can solve the climate crisis | One EarthA new scientific paper shows how trophic rewilding, or reintroducing key species to restore top-down interactions, can "supercharge" ecosystem carbon sinks.
Tagged under: Wildlife | Rewilding
How livestock grazing is preventing the return of rainforests to the UK and Ireland
2023-02-13 in The WeekMost of the UK and Ireland’s grass-fed cows and sheep are on land that might otherwise be temperate rainforest
Tagged under: Rewilding | UK | Rainforests | Agriculture
The Question of Community and “Rewilding”
2023-01-31 in Bella CaledoniaAn invited response to Jeremy Leggett by Alastair McIntosh on re-wilding in Scotland. Last week the solar energy entrepreneur, Jeremy Leggett, published a blog titled Highlands Rewilding: governanc…
Tagged under: Solar Energy | Rewilding
The fight over rewilding - Tortoise
2023-01-08 in Tortoise MediaBrexit was meant to transform land management. Some MPs have other ideas
Tagged under: Rewilding
Replace animal farms with micro-organism tanks, say campaigners
2022-11-12 in The GuardianAdvocates of plant-based protein say 75% of world’s farmland should be rewilded to reduce emissions
Tagged under: COP27 | Farming | Greenhouse Gases | Rewilding
Knepp Estate: who controls and benefits from rewilding? - Sussex Bylines
2022-05-27 (or before) in No. 29 | New articles added frequently - Sussex BylinesRewilding sounds good but land fragmentation and a lack of democratic control raise uncomfortable questions.
Tagged under: Rewilding
‘We’re basically starting from zero’: Restoring Finland’s river ecosystems
2022-01-22 in The GuardianTeams of rewilders are facing a huge task to encourage the return of wildlife after decades of damage by the forestry industry
Tagged under: Rivers | Wildlife | Rewilding | Trees
Pioneering rewilding project faces ‘catastrophe’ from plan for new houses
2021-03-21 in The GuardianStorks, butterflies and turtle doves could all suffer at the Knepp estate in West Sussex
Tagged under: Birds | Housing | Wildlife | Butterflies and Moths | Rewilding
New partnership to advance rewilding in the Scottish Highlands | Rewilding Europe
2020-06-23 in Rewilding Europe | Making Europe a Wilder PlaceWith support from Rewilding Europe, the rewilding of the Bunloit Estate will enhance wild nature, boost the local economy and lock up carbon. The estate's innovative management approach could drive…
Tagged under: Rewilding | Innovation
Climate change: Can Finland be carbon-neutral in 15 years?
2020-01-29 (or before) in The BBCFinland has pledged to be carbon-neutral by 2035 - that’s twice as fast as the UK Government target. But to achieve this, they will have to make big changes, particularly in the peat industry, which currently provides energy, heating and jobs. Can the Finns turn an ambitious plan into reality?
Tagged under: Climate Change | Rewilding
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