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

15 07, 2017

Wild meat: rewilding and hunting

By |2017-07-15T14:18:50+00:00July 15th, 2017|21st Century conservation, Blog, Conservation Policy, Rewilding|Comments Off on Wild meat: rewilding and hunting

This article was published in Geographical Magazine on 15 June 2017 The idea of rewilding boar into the UK’s landscapes is gaining plenty of traction, but if we truly want them back we’ll need to consider hunting them as well.   Cycling through the Forest of Dean, my daughter and I encountered a sign instructing

21 05, 2017

Shooting for the Earth: Malta opti-hunt 2025

By |2017-05-21T17:46:49+00:00May 21st, 2017|21st Century conservation, Blog, Conservation Policy, Technology empowered conservation|Comments Off on Shooting for the Earth: Malta opti-hunt 2025

In 2012 I was invited by Cerry Levy to visit Malta with a group of artists seeking to offer new thinking on the campaign to stop springtime hunting on Matla.  Below is my contribution - an imaginary article in published in online newspaper in 2025. It offers a vision of a future Europe where opti-hunting is

16 05, 2017

Living landscapes as new natural assets

By |2017-05-16T17:24:27+00:00May 16th, 2017|21st Century conservation, Blog, Conservation finance, Conservation Policy, Naturalistic grazing, Rewilding, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Living landscapes as new natural assets

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

3 05, 2017

David Novillo: conservation entrepreneur and innovator

By |2017-05-11T07:18:49+00:00May 3rd, 2017|21st Century conservation, Blog, Conservation finance, Conservation Policy, Protected Areas, Rewilding|Comments Off on David Novillo: conservation entrepreneur and innovator

David Novillo opened his presentation to my Masters students with the words “Do today what you want to happen tomorrow” Using an engaging mix of stories, facts  and mine he went on to describe with humour, candour and humility his work to restore the marine ecosystems in the municipality of Adeje, Tenerife.  But David is

23 04, 2017

Rewilding: why now?

By |2017-05-12T17:04:00+00:00April 23rd, 2017|21st Century conservation, Blog, Conservation Policy, Rewilding|Comments Off on Rewilding: why now?

On 19 April Rewilding Europe celebrated its 5th anniversary with a special gathering in Amsterdam called Wild Ways. The event included dialogue, a 'rewilding' market, previews of film projects, music by Lex Empress and two talks, one by Rewilding Europe MD Frans Schepers and one by myself. Here is the text of my talk.  Good evening

28 07, 2016

Investing in Tamarin landscapes: an asset-based vision

By |2016-12-19T15:17:58+00:00July 28th, 2016|21st Century conservation, Blog, Conservation finance, Conservation Policy, Extinction, Protected Areas|Comments Off on Investing in Tamarin landscapes: an asset-based vision

By Paul Jepson,  Richard J. Ladle and Susanne F. Schmitt. Photo; Richard J. Ladle When we were started out in conservation in the 1980s the Golden Lion Tamarin (hereafter GLT) was the poster child for species conservation. The species is restricted to the Atlantic rainforests of southeast Brazil (Rio de Janeiro State) and in

28 07, 2016

Tres Picos State Park: utilizing transport infrastructure assets to generate value

By |2016-12-19T15:18:50+00:00July 28th, 2016|21st Century conservation, Blog, Conservation Policy, Protected Areas, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Tres Picos State Park: utilizing transport infrastructure assets to generate value

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

22 06, 2016

To regain ground and confidence nature conservation needs policies that support rewilding

By |2016-10-05T21:23:57+00:00June 22nd, 2016|21st Century conservation, Blog, Conservation Policy, Rewilding, Uncategorized|Comments Off on To regain ground and confidence nature conservation needs policies that support rewilding

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

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