Turning off Iceland’s snow-covered route 34 into the packed car park of Thingvellir National Park it was clear we had arrived at a major international tourist destination. Squinting into the sun we followed the stream of tourists past the visitor centre with its cool orthogonal design to a viewpoint with a panoramic view of mountains, the
On a June evening I took a walk in Urquhart Bay Wood on the shores of Loch Ness. The main trail took me down to the confluence of two burns. Relaxing a while, I watched a chaffinch fluttering up from a shingle bank and snaping up aquatic flies that were congregation under overhanging foliage. As
On 20th March 2020 over half-a-million 16-year olds were sent home, informed that the exams they had been working towards were cancelled, and expected to occupy themselves unsupported through a lockdown until the autumn. My daughter was one of the luckier ones. As lockdown eased and a glorious spring moved into summer she was able
I am pleased to announce publication of my new book on rewilding science co-authored with Cain Blythe It is the first multi-disciplinary account of the science the underpins rewilding as a conservation agenda and practice. My journey in rewilding science started back in 2005 when I took a group of students to visit rewilding areas
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
This article, written by Daniel Allen, is reposted from the Ecosulis Blog A new scientific paper reveals the huge value-generating potential of Brazilian protected areas. As the first high-profile application of the Natural Asset Framework, the analysis has worldwide implications. Framework first A new scientific paper, co-authored by Ecosulis Nature Recovery Lead Paul Jepson and
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
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
