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“Will it become a wood again, how long will it take, which species will be in it?”
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Solve the climate and extinction crises together, or solve neither.
Somerset House is an example of enlightenment architecture, which precluded greenery which was believed to obscure its strong lines and go against ‘reason’.
Ed Reeve
All symmetrical lines and strict proportions, Enlightenment architecture believed that nature got in the way of reason.
A Eurasian beaver swimming in Devon’s River Otter catchment, UK.
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By studying where rewilding has worked well around the world, we’ve worked out the dos and don'ts.
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A new survey serves up a tall order for UK agricultural policy outside the EU.
A healthy seagrass meadow outside of Porthdinllaen harbour, North Wales.
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Seagrass meadows are a powerful ally in the effort to slow climate change and reverse wildlife losses.
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Britain’s native amphibians are in steep decline thanks to wetlands disappearing and ponds drying up.
Grazing cattle in wood pastures could be a win-win for food growers and the environment.
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Alternative farming models, like wood pasture grazing, would allow the UK government to maintain food production while regenerating ecosystems.
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New research finds forest regeneration on sheep pasture is an economically viable way to fight climate change.
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Sea levels could be two metres higher by 2100. How will our relationship to the drowned coast change?
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A decade of no grazing has demonstrated positive effects on the richness of bird species.
Keeping the nest warm.
Alexander Lees
Storks – those harbingers of new life – are breeding in Britain again.
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The Baltic crusades had a long term impact on the local environment – 700 years later, the details of this are clear.
Unlike mammoths, bison survived in Alaska at the end of the last ice age.
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The historical record is full of surprises – and it could encourage conservationists to think more creatively.
On the move.
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Coming to a river catchment near you: a rodent crack team ready to reduce flooding and boost biodiversity.
Breathe in the fresh forest air.
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Without care, reforestation projects can damage ecosystems and be useless as carbon stores. Here’s how to go about it the right way.
Naya was a mother to the first Belgian-born cubs in over a century. All are now thought to be dead.
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Europe is getting wilder as more people live in cities, but Naya’s death shows this trend may have limits.
The Yorkshire Dales, England.
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Much of the UK’s farmland is unproductive. It could be put to better use storing carbon, offering recreation and providing wildlife habitat.
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Restoring Britain’s woodlands and peatlands isn’t just a utopian dream.
A fire in the Amazon rainforest near Humaita, in Amazonas state, Brazil, Aug. 17, 2019.
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Don’t blame climate change for the 39,000 forest fires now incinerating huge tracts of the Brazilian Amazon. This environmental catastrophe is human-made and highly political.