During 2018 I consolidated my scholarship on rewilding science, policy and practice in a popular science book with support from Cain Blythe. My aim was to offer an affordable and cost-effective ‘primer’ for conservation professionals, students and other nature-minded people. Published by Icon books it was an unexpected success selling over 10,000 copies. In April
I spent an enjoyable weekend at the Into the-Wild Festival at the Chiddinglye estate in W.Sussex organised by Huw Wyn. By UK festival standards it is relatively small (max 5000): it is very family orientated and full of workshops, discussion, music and informal gatherings: its a place to do a bit of ‘rewilding the self’. I was
Turning off Iceland’s snow-covered route 34 into the packed car park of Thingvellir National Park it was clear we had arrived at a major international tourist destination. Squinting into the sun we followed the stream of tourists past the visitor centre with its cool orthogonal design to a viewpoint with a panoramic view of mountains, the
Popular articles Jepson, P. 2019. We have outlawed wilderness — can rewilding bring it back? aPolitical Jepson, P. 2018 The story of a recoverable Earth. Resurgence and Ecologist Magazine Jepson, P. 2018 Rewilding’s next generation will mean no more reserves full of starving animals The Conversation Jepson, P. 2017 Wild meat: rewilding and hunting. Geographical magazine.
Policy Concepts Chesney, C. John,& and Jepson, P. 2019 Blockchain for Nature & Society. WWF Panda Labs & Ecosulis Ltd. Jepson, P. (2013) Ending songbird slaughter? There's an app for that. The Conversation. Jepson, P. 2012 Optihunting Jepson, 2012 Shooting for the Earth: Malta opti-hunt 2025 Jepson, P. 2011 Bird playback - reflections on audio technology and
Ladle, R.J., Correia, R.A., Do, Y., Joo, G.J., Malhado, A.C., Proulx, R., Roberge, J.M. and Jepson, P., 2016. Conservation culturomics. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 14(5), pp.269-275. Ladle, R.J., Jepson, P., Correia, R.A. and Malhado, A.C., 2017. The power and the promise of culturomics. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 15(6), pp.290-291. Correia, R.A., Di Minin, E., Jarić,
My interest in this topic started when I was heading the BirdLife programme in Indonesia and working with the government conservation agency to promote sustainability in the parrot trade. Between 2005 and 2008 I led an applied research project looking at ways to governing the impacts of the hugley popular Indonesian passtime of songbird keeping.
Originally published on the Freshwater Blog on 14 January 2019 The arapaima, a fish native to the Amazon Basin which can grow to over three metres in length. Image: Lynn Chan | Flickr Creative Commons Arapaima are one of the world’s most unique freshwater animals. A true ‘megafauna‘ species, these huge fish (which can grow to
I wrote and shared this vison back in the Olympic summer of 2012, as a summer evening project to explore more local river valley and to imagine what my neighbourhood could become. A 2020 vision of the Isis I have written this account of an imagined future walk along the Isis between Folly Bridge and Iffley
