The book of wilding : a practical guide to rewilding big and small
Publication Information
London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.
Physical Description
559 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 x 20 cm
Summary
A blueprint for how to rewild the world around us from two of the world's pioneers of wilding.
The enormity of climate change and biodiversity loss can leave us feeling overwhelmed. Nature can bounce back if you give it a chance. Not just wildlife in super-abundance, but solutions to the other environmental crises we face. Tree and Burrell provide a pragmatic handbook for how we can all help restore nature, grown out of their pioneering project in Sussex. -- adapted from back cover
Contents
- Introduction: The ripple effect of rewilding
- What is rewilding?: the essential principles
- Rewilding in the UK: healing our broken land
- Rewilding water: recovering our natural water systems
- Rewilding with plants: how to create dynamic habitats with vegetation
- Rewilding with animals: how to balance numbers, scale and timing
- Types of herbivore: traits, ecological benefits and management
- Becoming the herbivore: mimicking nature in smaller-scale rewilding
- Your rewilding project: first steps, planning, funding and income streams
- Recording and monitoring wildlife: how to use science in your rewilding project
- Where do we fit in?: how rewilding affects people, and how people affect rewilding
- Rewilding your garden: how to apply rewilding principles in a small space
- Urban rewilding: bringing nature back into our cities
- How wild are you?