The Book of Wilding
A Practical Guide to Rewilding, Big and Small
1st Edition
Published on 11. May 2023
560 pages
978-1-5266-5931-6 (ISBN)
Description
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'Important and empowering' - BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH
'Get this great guide and be inspired' - STEPHEN FRY
'A handbook of hope ... Buy it, read it, start changing things right now' - JOANNA LUMLEY
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The enormity of climate change and biodiversity loss can leave us feeling overwhelmed. How can an individual ever make a difference?
Isabella Tree and Charlie Burrell know firsthand how spectacularly nature can bounce back if you give it the chance. And what comes is not just wildlife in super-abundance, but solutions to the other environmental crises we face.
The Book of Wilding is a handbook for how we can all help restore nature. It is ambitious, visionary and pragmatic. The book has grown out of Isabella and Charlie's mission to help rewild Britain, Europe and the rest of the world by sharing knowledge from their pioneering project at Knepp in Sussex. It is inspired by the requests they receive from people wanting to learn how to rewild everything from unprofitable farms, landed estates and rivers, to ponds, allotments, churchyards, urban parks, gardens, window boxes and public spaces.. The Book of Wilding has the answers.
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'Brilliantly readable and incredibly hard-working' - HUGH FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL
'A deep, dazzling and indispensable guide to the most important task of all: the restoration of the living planet' - GEORGE MONBIOT
'Important and empowering' - BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH
'Get this great guide and be inspired' - STEPHEN FRY
'A handbook of hope ... Buy it, read it, start changing things right now' - JOANNA LUMLEY
_______________
The enormity of climate change and biodiversity loss can leave us feeling overwhelmed. How can an individual ever make a difference?
Isabella Tree and Charlie Burrell know firsthand how spectacularly nature can bounce back if you give it the chance. And what comes is not just wildlife in super-abundance, but solutions to the other environmental crises we face.
The Book of Wilding is a handbook for how we can all help restore nature. It is ambitious, visionary and pragmatic. The book has grown out of Isabella and Charlie's mission to help rewild Britain, Europe and the rest of the world by sharing knowledge from their pioneering project at Knepp in Sussex. It is inspired by the requests they receive from people wanting to learn how to rewild everything from unprofitable farms, landed estates and rivers, to ponds, allotments, churchyards, urban parks, gardens, window boxes and public spaces.. The Book of Wilding has the answers.
_______________
'Brilliantly readable and incredibly hard-working' - HUGH FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL
'A deep, dazzling and indispensable guide to the most important task of all: the restoration of the living planet' - GEORGE MONBIOT
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
ISBN-13
978-1-5266-5931-6 (9781526659316)
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05/2023
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Isabella Tree is an award-winning journalist and author, and lives with her husband, the conservationist Charlie Burrell, in the middle of a pioneering rewilding project in West Sussex. She is author of five non-fiction books. Her book Wilding, the story of the ambitious journey she and her husband Charlie Burrell undertook to rewild their farm, has sold quarter of a million copies worldwide, been translated into 8 languages and won the Richard Jefferies prize for nature writing, been shortlisted for the Wainwright prize and was one of the Smithsonian's top ten science books for 2018. In 2022, Isabella served on the Mayor of London's Rewilding London Task Force.
Charlie Burrell is chair of Foundation Conservation Carpathia, the biggest rewilding project in Europe, and the White Stork Project. He is a co-founder of Rewilding Britain, and sits on the board of the Arcadia Fund and the oversight committee for the Endangered Landscapes Programme. He also chairs rePlanet Wildlife and Nattergal Ltd, sister companies involved in nature restoration
Charlie Burrell is chair of Foundation Conservation Carpathia, the biggest rewilding project in Europe, and the White Stork Project. He is a co-founder of Rewilding Britain, and sits on the board of the Arcadia Fund and the oversight committee for the Endangered Landscapes Programme. He also chairs rePlanet Wildlife and Nattergal Ltd, sister companies involved in nature restoration
Content
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title
- Contents
- Introduction: The ripple effect of rewilding
- 1. What is Rewilding?: The essential principles
- 2. Rewilding in the UK: Healing our broken land
- 3. Rewilding Water: Recovering our natural water systems
- 4. Rewilding with Plants: How to create dynamic habitats with vegetation
- 5. Rewilding with Animals: How to balance numbers, scale and timing
- 6. Types of Herbivore: Traits, ecological benefits and management
- 7. Becoming the Herbivore: Mimicking nature in smaller-scale rewilding
- 8. Your Rewilding Project: First steps, planning, funding and income streams
- 9. Recording and Monitoring Wildlife: How to use science in your rewilding project
- 10. Where do We Fit in?: How rewilding affects people, and how people affect rewilding
- 11. Rewilding Your Garden: How to apply rewilding principles in a small space
- 12. Urban Rewilding: Bringing nature back into our cities
- How Wild Are You?
- Notes & Further Resources
- Glossary
- Index
- Acknowledgements
- Illustrators
- Picture Credits
- Data Credits
- A note on the credits
- About the Authors
- Copyright
