Climate change is accelerating and species are dying out at a record rate. Experts imagine how inviting nature into our lives could help.
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Articles on Rewilding
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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.
Not all of the solutions to the climate and ecological crisis have to be painful.
George Monbiot talks with an ecologist about natural solutions to the climate crisis.
Rewilding is gaining popularity around the world, as a means to restore ecosystems to their ancient state. But just like Vegemite, Australian rewilding projects need to have a unique flavour.
In Europe, biodiversity is under threat. But three major trends mean we're still optimistic.
Human conflict can bring isolation to environments, which helps the local ecology thrive. After the war has ended, the return of nature is a poignant memorial and symbol of peace.
Colombian researchers hope to revive an endangered species by rehabilitating monkeys confiscated from smugglers. The captive animals' struggles show that survival is not guaranteed.
Replanting the world's great forests should be a central demand at COP24.
Seems humans aren't the only ones moving into cities in ever greater numbers.
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From wealth, to the natural world, to genes and intelligence, a podcast exploring the theme of inheritance.
Scientists asked young people to draw what they would like the natural world to look like when they're older. Their imagination could help make conservationists more ambitious.
A reserve near Amsterdam lost many wild cattle and deer over the tough winter, leading to public protests. Yet this was a failure of Dutch politics rather than rewilding itself.
Trowels and spades are being put to use in the sea.
Zoos' role in conservation is divisive, but in Australia they could be critical in securing and even recovering threatened species.
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Professor of Earth System Science, UCL
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Lecturer in Biology, University of Sussex
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Course Director, MSc Biodiversity, Conservation and Management, University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University
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Professor of Global Change Science at University of Leeds and, UCL
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Research Scientist, Clark University
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PhD Researcher, 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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Postdoctoral Research Associate, King's College London
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Lecturer in Marine Biology, Swansea University
