This article was first published on the Freshwater Blog on August 16 2019 On a hot Saturday in June I rolled up at the UK’s National Water Sport Centre. The place was abuzz with cars, kayaks, club flags and paddle-carrying athletes chatting bucket starts, heats, duck tape and Nelos. Everyone was readying to race on a
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
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
Good morning all, and thanks for the invitation to present today. Gary asked me to present some thoughts on new paradigms for conservation. My aim is to do just this. I will argue that we need to seize the opportunity of Brexit to reframe how we think and talk about rural lands. Brexit is a
To coincide with the Rio Olympics we have posted a short series of blogs to reflect on and discuss the future of Rio State's fabulous state parks. Photo: Susanne F. Schmitt Nature, wildlife and parks are central to Rio's identity internationally and within Brazil: the iconic statue of Christ the Redeemer watches over
By Paul Jepson and Richard Ladle Ilha Grande is a prize asset within Rio State’s protected area portfolio. This former leper colony and political prison has exceptional scenic beauty – rainforest clad mountains meet sandy coves and azure seas. We visited the island to test and develop our Protected Asset Framework. There are no roads and
Ten years ago Rio State invested in the creation of a portfolio of state parks. Over Easter we visited Tres Picos, located 100k m outside Rio de Janerio, to field test our protected area asset framework. The biophysical assets associated with Tres Picos are outstanding: scenic rock massifs rise out of rainforest clad mountains which
Originally published by Rewilding Britain, 7 June 2016 Paul Jepson makes the case for an enabling policy space for rewilding as a new and complementary conservation approach in Europe Rewilding is the biggest, most exciting idea to emerge in conservation since the 1970s. The challenge now is to create the spaces within conservation policy and
