13 04, 2016

Speaker, Rewilding Dorset

By |2016-04-13T20:19:38+00:00April 13th, 2016|0 Comments

  Organised by: Bournemouth University and Dorset Wildlife Trust.  Date: Thursday 5th May  Meeting commences: 10:00 am Meeting finishes: 5.30 pm Venue: Charlton Down Village Hall, near Dorchester, Dorset. DT2 9UA In recent years, rewilding has become a major theme in conservation, stimulated by publications such as George Monbiot’s Feral and the launch of rewilding

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15 07, 2015

Rewilding isn’t about nostalgia – exciting new worlds are possible

By |2016-05-03T01:23:25+00:00July 15th, 2015|Blog, Rewilding|Comments Off on Rewilding isn’t about nostalgia – exciting new worlds are possible

First published in The Conversation on 15 July 2015 The restoration of natural ecosystems – “rewilding” – ought to be a chance to create inspiring new habitats. However the movement around it risks becoming trapped by its own reverence of the past; an overly nostalgic position that makes rewilding less realistic and harder to achieve.

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