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Wilding

The Return of Nature to a British Farm

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Wilding

By: Isabella Tree
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An inspiring story about what happens when 3,500 acres of land, farmed for centuries, is left to return to the wild, and about the wilder, richer future a natural landscape can bring

For years Charlie Burrell and his wife, Isabella Tree, farmed Knepp Castle Estate and struggled to turn a profit. By 2000, with the farm facing bankruptcy, they decided to try something radical. They would restore Knepp’s 3,500 acres to the wild. Using herds of free-roaming animals to mimic the actions of the megafauna of the past, they hoped to bring nature back to their depleted land. But what would the neighbors say, in the manicured countryside of modern England where a blade of grass out of place is considered an affront?

In the face of considerable opposition the couple persisted with their experiment and soon witnessed an extraordinary change. New life flooded into Knepp, now a breeding hotspot for rare and threatened species like turtle doves, peregrine falcons, and purple emperor butterflies.

The fabled English nightingale sings again.

At a time of looming environmental disaster, Wilding is an inspiring story of a farm, a couple, and a community transformed. Isabella Tree’s wonderful book brings together science, natural history, a fair bit of drama, and - ultimately - hope.

©2019 Isabella Tree (P)2020 Blackstone Publishing
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Inspiring Story • Rewilding Concept • Soothing Voice • Regenerative Process • Encouraging Narrative • Uplifting Tale
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Everybody should read/listen to this book. So much fascinating information about our natural world and the creatures who share it with us. It is full of ways we can do a better job of caring for our land & animals.This book is on par with Peter Wohlleben’s “The Hidden Life of Trees”. I will be listening to it again and have already recommended it to family and friends.

Excellent!

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I listened this book directly after listening to North Woods by Daniel Mason.
I think every reader should do the same. They belong together.

This beautiful book gives me hope

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Lovely text and narration, this book doesn’t shy away from all the perspectives of Rewilding. Isabell Tree has done a lovely job explaining and not simplifying their efforts to fight for our wild areas. 3% of meadows remain in the UK, hard to believe, but makes me want to try my hand at Rewinding. Listen to this book, it is fascinating and educational at the same time.

Hooray for Nature, Hooray for Rewilding

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Sensible, fascinating, wonderfully written; I learned a lot!
I am very glad I listened to this.

loved it

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The state of the world leaves me sometimes in despair. This was an uplifting and encouraging book. It tells the story of British landowners who “rewild” thousands of acres of their family estate. More than that, it is a fascinating and educational trove of information about nature, man’s impact on it, and working to achieve a balance between the two. It’s complicated!

Encouraging and educational

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The author recounts the startlingly deep and rich ecological benefits of returning her husband’s ancestral lands in Great Britain to a modern estimation of their original biological diversity by abandoning unprofitable modern farming practices and allowing the land to heal. Interesting to hear the story in the author’s own voice, and to weigh with her the considerable benefits of their rewilding project against the disasters awaiting us and future generations if similar measures aren’t taken on a worldwide scale.

Equal parts inspiring and alarming

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The most important book for the earth's future and for mankind. it is a book of hope.

Trees reading

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Both inspiring and scientifically informative. Dense, but in a fulfilling manner. The short lists of species, which are like the punctuation of sentences, would be better consumed from a paper book, but the audiobook listener will just have to live with this aspect! The story is both large and impressive.

Inspiring; scientifically informative; impressive!

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Learning from those who actually did the work, rather than always going by predictive "scientists," is a real eye-opener. Would that we all take on this level of caring for animals and our environment. I loved this, and living on my 80 acres of farmland with cattle, horses and some crops, plan to change some things so I too can be more proud of doing my part. So much for city folk to learn here, rather than just judging from their easy chairs. Thanks Isabella ❤

Amazing! Beautiful and Terrifying

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The entire re-wilding concept keeps me thinking of the relationship between human being and the nature. The topic becomes even more crucial during the Covid19 crisis. How are we suppose to live with the rest of the world? When seeing footages of animals coming in herds into regular neighborhood because of the shelter-in-place order. It really make that question sounds even louder! We need to find a new way to share the earth with all the others. Not to continue exploiting it just because it seems that we can in the short term. Very inspiring topic being well explained in a scientific way.

Perfect book for perfect timing

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