26 04, 2020

Does rewilding work for plants?

By |2020-08-30T17:08:32+00:00April 26th, 2020|21st Century conservation, Blog, Natural Assets, Naturalistic grazing, Rewilding|Comments Off on Does rewilding work for plants?

First published on the Ecosulis blog on 9 March 2020   At this year's PlantLife debate, a panel comprising Professor Dieter Helm (University of Oxford), Clare Pillman (Chief Executive Natural Resources Wales), Dr. Trevor Dines (PlantLife Botanical Specialist) and Ecosulis Nature Recovery Lead Dr. Paul Jepson discussed the question of whether rewilding works for plants. The following

8 03, 2020

Arctic rewilding could mitigate climate change

By |2020-04-26T15:46:59+00:00March 8th, 2020|Blog, Rewilding, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Arctic rewilding could mitigate climate change

This blog was fist published as a guest blog by Rewilding Europe on 17 February 2020.  Rewilding could be a global warming game changer, not only in Europe but also farther north. According to a recently published scientific article, Arctic rewilding with large herbivores has the potential to transform ecosystems and the global carbon budget.

19 11, 2019

We have outlawed wilderness — can rewilding bring it back?

By |2020-01-16T20:50:57+00:00November 19th, 2019|Blog, Rewilding, Uncategorized|Comments Off on We have outlawed wilderness — can rewilding bring it back?

This opinion article was published in apolitcal on 19 November 2019 Our planet’s nature is at a low ebb. Scientists are warning of a sixth extinction crisis, and in many regions, even insect populations are in serious decline. The failure of public policy to halt the deteriorating state of nature together with advances in ecological science

10 10, 2019

“New pastoralism”: a vision to revitalise our national parks

By |2020-01-16T21:11:55+00:00October 10th, 2019|Blog, People & nature, Protected Areas, Rewilding, Uncategorized|Comments Off on “New pastoralism”: a vision to revitalise our national parks

This article was first pulished on the Ecosulis blog on 8/10/2019 The UK's national parks were created as part of progressive policy to reimagine our national identity after empire. Seventy years on, it is time to rethink their meaning and purpose. New pastoralism and natural asset thinking could revitalise the UK's national parks. Time for

14 01, 2019

Community-based conservation of arapaima and giant turtles in the Amazon Basin

By |2019-07-23T07:53:13+00:00January 14th, 2019|Blog, Freshwater biodiversity, People & nature|Comments Off on Community-based conservation of arapaima and giant turtles in the Amazon Basin

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

24 08, 2018

London wants to become a ‘national park city’ – is that a contradiction in terms?

By |2019-07-23T07:53:00+00:00August 24th, 2018|Blog, Conservation Policy, People & nature, Protected Areas|Comments Off on London wants to become a ‘national park city’ – is that a contradiction in terms?

This article was originally published in The Conversation on 24 July 2018. Header image via shutterstock The movement to declare London a national park city in 2019 is gaining momentum. Mayor Sadiq Khan recently launched National Park City Week, along with a series of outdoor activities to kick off the school holidays. Citizen groups and

11 05, 2018

Rewilding’s next generation will mean no more reserves full of starving animals

By |2019-07-20T10:34:09+00:00May 11th, 2018|Blog, Rewilding, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Rewilding’s next generation will mean no more reserves full of starving animals

This article was originally published in The Conversation on 11 May 2018. Header image via shutterstock In the late 1960s a patch of land to the east of Amsterdam was reclaimed from the sea for industry. Following the 1973 oil crisis this plan was abandoned and flocks of geese moved in. As the geese grazed

17 12, 2017

Alagoas curassow: generating identity value from a species asset

By |2017-12-17T00:11:10+00:00December 17th, 2017|21st Century conservation, Blog, Extinction, Natural Assets, People & nature, Protected Areas, Technology empowered conservation|Comments Off on Alagoas curassow: generating identity value from a species asset

It is a thoughtful moment looking into the eye of a bird that nearly went extinct.  As I crouched and observed an Alagoas curassow my first thought was a sense of deep gratitude to Pedro Mario Nardelli who in the late 1970s acted to rescue the last wild specimens and establish a captive population in

8 12, 2017

Brazil’s Cerrado forests won’t be saved by corporate pledges on deforestation

By |2019-07-20T10:37:25+00:00December 8th, 2017|Blog, Natural Assets, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Brazil’s Cerrado forests won’t be saved by corporate pledges on deforestation

This article by Sergio Carvalho and myself was published in The Conversation on 8 December 2017. Header image via www.shutterstock.com To the south of the Amazon basin lies a huge savannah known as the Cerrado. Once a mix of grassland and forest, much of the Cerrado has now been transformed into the vast soy farms

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