Wilding

Forced to accept that intensive farming on the heavy clay of their land at Knepp in West Sussex was economically unsustainable, Isabella Tree and her husband Charlie Burrell made a spectacular leap of faith they decided to step back and let nature take over Thanks to the introduction of free roaming cattle, ponies, pigs and deer proxies of the large animals that once roamed Britain the 3,500 acre project has seen extraordinary increases in wildlife numbers and diversity in little over a decade.Once common species, including turtle doves, nightingales, peregrine falcons, lesser spotted woodpeckers and purple emperor butterflies, are now breeding at Knepp, and populations of other species are rocketing The Burrells degraded agricultural land has become a functioning ecosystem again, heaving with life all by itself.This recovery has taken place against a backdrop of catastrophic loss elsewhere According to the 2016 State of Nature report, the UK is ranked 29th in the world for biodiversity loss 56% of species in the UK are in decline and 15% are threatened with extinction We are living in a desert, compared with our gloriously wild past.In Wilding, Isabella Tree tells the story of the Knepp experiment and what it reveals of the ways in which we might regain that wilder, richer country It shows how rewilding works across Europe that it has multiple benefits for the land that it can generate economic activity and employment how it can benefit both nature and us and that all of this can happen astonishingly quickly Part gripping memoir, part fascinating account of the ecology of our countryside, Wilding is, above all, an inspiring story of hope. New Download Wilding [ By ] Isabella Tree [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr There probably isn t any higher praise for Wilding than to say that, upon finishing it, I wholeheartedly wished I could buy a farm and let it turn into a wildlife haven The story of a rewilded Sussex farm reminded me how grateful I am to have been taught by my parents to notice and appreciate wildlife Even though as a child I often complained about being dragged away from my books to see a meadow of orchids The aptly named Isabella Tree recounts how she and her husband abandoned intensive There probably isn t any higher praise for Wilding than to say that, upon finishing it, I wholeheartedly wished I could buy a farm and let it turn into a wildlife haven The story of a rewilded Sussex farm reminded me how grateful I am to have been taught by my parents to notice and appreciate wildlife Even though as a child I often complained about being dragged away from my books to see a meadow of orchids The aptly named Isabella Tree recounts how she and her husband abandoned intensive farming, which was losing them vast amounts of money despite subsidies, and switched to encouraging biodiversity It s an amazing story, as the rewilding has been muchsuccessful than anyone dared to hope Successive chapters joyfully recount the mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, insects, fungi, and plants that sprung up once given the chance I fo...Fascinating, wonderful and hopeful The author and her baronet husband, unable to survive as Sussex farmers, give up and turn the land back to the wild The resulting explosion of wildlife is enough to raise the hairs on your arms Britain s biodiversity is awful, our bird and insect populations are crashing, but it could be saved if people cared to do it The stubborn human resistance and selfishness shown here is enraging To note fallow land can be a massive carbon sink and flood plains and Fascinating, wonderful and hopeful The author and her baronet husband, unable to survive as Sussex farmers, give up and turn the land back to the wild The resulting explosion of wildlife is enough to raise the hairs on your arms Britain s biodiversity is awful, our bird and insect populations are crashing, but it could be saved if people cared to do it The stubborn human resistance and selfishness shown here is enraging To note fallow land can be a massive carbon sink and flood plains and other wetlands, er, absorb water We don t need to build hugs concrete walls, we need the land to do its thing And it is also a massive mistake to try to create habitats we think will suit rare species because as Knepp has shown we often misinterpret what those are given so many of these species are hanging on at the margins We need to make space This is inspir... Surrendering the management of nature to nature I think that sometimes when people write This is an important book what they mean is Finally I have found a book that agrees with me At the risk of falling into that trap, I m going to start by saying this is an important book.When Isabella Tree and her husband Charlie Burrell realised that it was not economically feasible to continue their farming of land in Knepp, West Sussex, they made a bold and radical decision they decided to step away Surrendering the management of nature to nature I think that sometimes when people write This is an important book what they mean is Finally I have found a book that agrees with me At the risk of falling into that trap, I m going to start by saying this is an important book.When Isabella Tree and her husband Charlie Burrell realised that it was not economically feasible to continue their farming of land in Knepp, West Sussex, they made a bold and radical decision they decided to step away from the land and watch as nature took over This book describes the almost twenty years of that project experiment The results are staggering and challenge some fundamental assumptions that often guide even the most well meaning of conservation or ecologic...Knepp may be a familiar name if you follow British environmental news it s synonymous with what s known as rewilding Tree s husband, Sir Charlie Burrell, inherited the estate in 1987 and tried running it as an intensified dairy farm, but the enterprise was bleeding money and in 2000 they gave up and let the land return to nature That wasn t a totally hands off process, though it involved restoring the forest and river ecosystems and reintroducing traditional species like fallow deer, Exmoor Knepp may be a familiar name if you follow British environmental news it s synonymous with what s known as rewilding Tree s husband, Sir Charlie Burrell, inherited the estate in 1987 and tried running it as an intensified dairy farm, but the enterprise was bleeding money and in 2000 they gave up and let the land return to nature That wasn t a totally hands off process, though it involved restoring the forest and river ecosystems and reintroducing traditional species like fallow deer, Exmoor ponies, ancient breed cattle and Tamworth pigs.Over the years the health of the landscape has improved dramatically Rare birds including turtledoves have settled and bred on the site, and the soil is now remarkably fertile The book isof a blow by blow of rewilding than I was after, with lots of historical and geographical information as backgroun...This is probably the first book I ve ever read where I consider it an honour that it exists for me to read.The rewilding of Knepp Castle Estate should be a blueprint for every council, government, municipality, environmental organisation, livestock owner, farmer, consumer.The words Isabella Tree uses to describe the journey from unprofitable farm, to a haven for endangered species and reintroduced species are magical This book is not a heavy scientific tome but it contains enough information to This is probably the first book I ve ever read where I consider it an honour that it exists for me to read.The rewilding of Knepp Castle Estate should be a blueprint for every council, government, municipality, environmental organisation, livestock owner, farmer, consumer.The words Isabella Tree uses to describe the journey from unprofitable farm, to a haven for endangered species and reintroduced species are magical This book is not a heavy scientific tome but it contains enough information to make you question your purchasing decisions at the supermarket, and what you consider beautiful in the natural environment.What to do from here Payattention to local environmental initiatives, get inv...An excellent book on the importance of recognising that modern agriculture needs to re embrace the power of Nature in all aspects of how we live with our environment From soil health, biodiversity and quality of the food we buy, the Knepp project shows a possible way forwards to ensure ou...Their land at Knepp in West Sussex had been farmed by them and the family before, for years, but it had reached the point where the farm had become unviable as a business Not sure what to do with the land, Isabella Tree and her husband Charlie Burrell made that decision to let nature take over again Fences were taken up and they selected some hardy breeds of pigs, Exmoor ponies and cattle to wander freely around the 3500 acres site.Wildlife under the modern capitalist economies is taking an ab Their land at Knepp in West Sussex had been farmed by them and the family before, for years, but it had reached the point where the farm had become unviable as a business Not sure what to do with the land, Isabella Tree and her husband Charlie Burrell made that decision to let nature take over again Fences were taken up and they selected some hardy breeds of pigs, Exmoor ponies and cattle to wander freely around the 3500 acres site.Wildlife under the modern capitalist economies is taking an absolute pounding A recent report says that we have lost 60% of our global wildlife and figures in the UK show this too we are ranked 29th in the world for biodiversity loss 56% of species are in decline and 15% are threatened with extinction The species that we used to regularly see and hear are no longer around when did you last hear a...IF YOU ONLY READ ONE BOOK FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE MAKE IT THIS ONE.Undoubtedly one the most important books that I ve ever read The simple illustration on the front of the beautiful cover perhaps deceiving the casual bookshop browser into not realising that this book is as important as it is As well as the fact that within it are solutions that could do no less than save us all, and the planet for our children and our children s children personally I found it hugely consoling It consoles IF YOU ONLY READ ONE BOOK FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE MAKE IT THIS ONE.Undoubtedly one the most important books that I ve ever read The simple illustration on the front of the beautiful cover perhaps deceiving the casual bookshop browser into not realising that this book is as important as it is As well as the fact that within it are solutions that could do no less than save us all, and the planet for our children and our children s children personally I found it hugely consoling It consoles all of us that care about the environment and know what we have lost as well as, giving hope that we may be able to save ourselves.Professionally as I m a narrative non fiction writer myself this is yet oneexample of why I believe the publishing world would benefit from paying farattention to non fiction of all kinds and end the singular hype aroundandyoung first time no...In a world where almost all news about nature is painful and depressing, this hope filled and informative book is balm to the soul.

• English
• 19 March 2018
Isabella Tree
• Hardcover
• 384 pages
• 1509805095
• Isabella Tree
• Wilding