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HS2 to ‘rewild’ 127 hectares around its 10-mile Chilterns tunnel
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Area to be seeded with 70 grass and flower species and planted with native trees to create wood pastureA “rewilding” of arable fields by HS2 will create 127 hectares (314 acres) of wood pasture, wetlands and flower-ri...
Call of the rewild: releasing Britain’s rivers to ease flooding
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For many of us across the UK it has felt like another wet winter; yet again homes have flooded and politicians are under pressure to improve flood protection. Engineering our rivers and building defences might bring r...
Go rewild in the country: a weekend kids’ camp in Sussex
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It’s a warm Saturday afternoon in July and we’ve gathered to learn about tracking animals. Our teacher crouches before us, making marks in the sand to demonstrate how a paw or hoof print might be slightly turned out t...
Chopping, twisting, felling: the unruly way to rewild Scotland’s forests
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The Scots pine plantations in Abernethy forest are the crème de la crème in forestry terms: tall, straight and dense. These plantations were created in the 1930s, and the wood had a variety of uses, from ships’ masts ...