'As the Roman poet Horace said, 'Drive nature out with a pitchfork and she'll come roaring back'. This book shares the knowledge and wisdom of that movement that we all need to better understand how we can all play our part in helping nature restore the planet' 'Rewilding is possibly the most important and empowering revolution to have evolved out of the conservation movement in the last hundred years.

Urban Rewilding: Bringing nature back into our cities 458

Rewilding Your Garden: How to apply rewilding principles in a small space 402ġ2. Where Do We Fit In? How rewilding affects people, and how people affect rewilding 382ġ1. Recording and Monitoring Wildlife: How to use science in your rewilding project 358ġ0. Your Rewilding Project: First steps, planning, funding and income streams 308ĩ. Becoming the Herbivore: Mimicking nature in smaller-scale rewilding 288Ĩ. Types of Herbivore: Traits, ecological benefits and management 226ħ. Rewilding with Animals: How to balance numbers, scale and timing 188Ħ. Rewilding with Plants: How to create dynamic habitats with vegetation 138ĥ. Rewilding Water: Recovering our natural water systems 94Ĥ. Rewilding in the UK: Healing our broken land 56ģ. What is Rewilding? The essential principles 14Ģ. Introduction: The ripple effect of rewilding 6ġ. The Book of Wilding is a practical guide and call to action. Rewilding is learning how to contribute to a living landscape, to connect with other areas of nature and help forge the life-support system that will save our planet from calamity and provide humankind with a prosperous and sustainable future.ĭeeply researched and with original illustrations by Jeroen Helmer, Europe's foremost environmental artist, this book explains why rewilding is important and how every one of us can play a part. Whether you have a garden, roadside verge or window box, there is no space too small.

Rewilding is a spectrum of possibility, and everyone is on it. It is inspired by the requests they receive from people wanting to learn how to rewild everything from unprofitable farms, landed estates and rivers, to ponds, allotments, churchyards, urban parks and public spaces. The book has grown out of Isabella and Charlie's mission to help rewild Britain, Europe and the rest of the world by sharing knowledge from their pioneering project at Knepp in Sussex. It is ambitious, visionary and pragmatic. The Book of Wilding is a handbook for how we can all help restore nature.

And what comes is not just wildlife in super-abundance, but solutions to the other environmental crises we face. Isabella Tree and Charlie Burrell know firsthand how spectacularly nature can bounce back if you give it the chance. How can an individual ever make a difference? The enormity of climate change and biodiversity loss can leave us feeling overwhelmed.

Knepp rewilding book