![]() ![]() ![]() This book was enjoyable to read because Tree describes various wildlife, birds, insects, mammals, and livestock from an amateur’s enthusiastic perspective rather than with a dispassionate scientific voice. ![]() The author defined it as: “Rewilding - giving nature the space and opportunity to express itself – is largely a leap of faith.” Take a look at a a 15-minute video of Tree introducing the concept. Their idea, inspired by a similar project in the Netherlands, was to undo many centuries of land management by introducing hardy large herbivores and then stepping back to see what would happen. Her book Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm recounts the Knepp Wildland Project that took place over 18 years starting in 2000 after a failed effort to make the farm profitable with modern, intensive techniques. Isabella Tree and her partner, environmentalist Charlie Burrell, own the 3,500-acre property known as Knepp Castle Estate. Reviewed by: Tracy Mehlin on May 16, 2020 Book Review Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm by Isabella Tree, 2018 ![]()
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