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.
Sea levels could be two metres higher by 2100. How will our relationship to the drowned coast change?
A decade of no grazing has demonstrated positive effects on the richness of bird species.
Storks – those harbingers of new life – are breeding in Britain again.
The Baltic crusades had a long term impact on the local environment – 700 years later, the details of this are clear.
The historical record is full of surprises – and it could encourage conservationists to think more creatively.
Coming to a river catchment near you: a rodent crack team ready to reduce flooding and boost biodiversity.
Without care, reforestation projects can damage ecosystems and be useless as carbon stores. Here's how to go about it the right way.
Europe is getting wilder as more people live in cities, but Naya's death shows this trend may have limits.
Much of the UK's farmland is unproductive. It could be put to better use storing carbon, offering recreation and providing wildlife habitat.
Restoring Britain's woodlands and peatlands isn't just a utopian dream.
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.
Climate change is accelerating and species are dying out at a record rate. Experts imagine how inviting nature into our lives could help.
Could our best shot at stopping climate catastrophe be restoring forests on a massive scale?
Wildflowers, bees and butterflies – your lawn is a vibrant ecosystem waiting to be unleashed.
The abandonment of crops and pastures allows the natural regeneration of bushes and forests and the recolonization of fauna.
Wolves are not bad – they’re just trying to survive in a world where they are unwelcome.
The first step is admitting we have a problem, but what should come next to protect the planet?
Coral reefs get a lot of attention, but the world has lost almost all of its vital oyster reefs in the last few centuries.
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Professor of Earth System Science, UCL
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Lecturer in Biology, University of Sussex
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Professor of Global Change Science at University of Leeds and, UCL
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Course Director, MSc Biodiversity, Conservation and Management, University of Oxford
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Environmental Social Scientist, Newcastle University
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Associate Professor, Ecology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Research Scientist, Clark University
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PhD Candidate in Conservation Psychology, Royal Holloway
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Associate Professor in Zoology, University of Tasmania
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Lecturer, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Grimsö Wildlife Research Station, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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Distinguished Professor and Director, Trophic Cascades Program, Oregon State University
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Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral fellow, FP7 Marie Curie Cofund Agreenskills+, Aarhus University
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Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow, King's College London
