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Instead, around 70% of the UK’s land area is currently used for agriculture, which has decimated large parts of the ecosystem. Is the UK’s land area being used effectively? And, on an island so overpopulated by humans, might it be possible for a huge rewilding movement to restore those lost ecosystems?

We follow rewilding initiatives across the UK to learn how various approaches to rewilding the British Isles work, and find out whether there could soon be wolves in the Scottish Highlands again…

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Rewilding initiatives in this video:

Wilder Blean
The Wilder Blean project made possible through a partnership a between Kent Wildlife Trust and the Wildwood Trust and thanks to funds raised by players of People’s Postcode Lottery looks to introduce bison to a woodland in Kent.
Links:
https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/...
https://wildwoodtrust.org/conservatio...
https://www.postcodelottery.co.uk/
Support this project by Texting WILDERBLEAN to 70470 to give £5 now

Woodland Valley Farm
Woodland Valley Farm footage all courtesy of Nina Constable Media.
(@ninaconstablemedia)
Website: https://www.ninaconstable.co.uk/
Youtube Channel:    / @ninaconstable  

To find out more about this project please visit the following websites:
Cornwall Wildlife Trust https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org...
Cornwall Beaver Project
https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org...
Woodland Valley Farm https://woodlandvalley.co.uk/
Beavers without borders: www.beavertrust.org


Alladale Wilderness Reserve
Find out more:
Alladale Website https://alladale.com/



Sources & Quotes:
1: UK Agriculture Statistics. Time: 00:56
GOV.UK, 2019
https://assets.publishing.service.gov...

2: Agricultural Land Abandonment. Time: 01:24
EU Science Hub, 2018
https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publicati...

3: Types of Rewilding. Time: 01:45
True Nature Foundation, 2020
https://truenaturefoundation.org/what...

4: Woodland Valley Farm. Time: 03:12
Cornwall Wildlife Trust, 2021
https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org...

5: Wilder Blean. Time: 04.10
Kent Wildlife Trust, 2021
https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/...

6: UK Rewilding Project Overviews. Time: 04:40
Rewilding Britain, 2021
https://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/r...

7: Yellowstone Rewilding TED Talk. Time: 04.50
George Monbiot, 2013
   • For more wonder, rewild the world | G...  
How wolves change rivers

8: Trophic Cascade Infographic. Time 05.52
Earth Justice, 2021
https://earthjustice.org/features/inf...

9: Alladale Wilderness Reserve. Time: 06.04
Natural Habitat Adventures, 2019
https://www.nathab.com/blog/bringing...

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