Rewilding: The Radical New Science of Ecological Recovery: 14 (Hot Science)

‘A hugely useful and fascinating resume of rewilding – what it means, where it came from, why it’s important and where it’s going. Jepson and Blythe have done a masterly job, explaining the science behind rewilding in an accessible, honest and compelling way. It deserves to be widely read and become a book of great influence.’ Isabella Tree, author of Wilding

‘Compelling … [a] succinct and objective account’ Financial Times

Rewilding is the first popular book on the ground-breaking science behind the restoration of wild nature.

As ecologists Paul Jepson and Cain Blythe show, rewilding is a new and progressive approach to conservation, blending radical scientific insights with practical innovations to revive ecological processes, benefiting people as well as nature. Its goal is to restore lost interactions between animals, plants and natural disturbance that are the essence of thriving ecosystems.

With its sense of hope and purpose, rewilding is breathing new life into the conservation movement, and enabling a growing number of people – even urban-dwellers – to enjoy thrilling wildlife experiences previously accessible only in remote wilderness reserves. ‘De-domesticated’ horses galloping across a Dutch ‘Serengeti’; beavers creating wetlands in the British countryside; giant tortoises restoring the wildlife of the Mauritian islands; perhaps one day even rhinos roaming the Australian outback – rewilding is full of exciting and inspirational possibilities.

From the Publisher

About the authors:

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Icon Books
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 23 July 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 178578627X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1785786273
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 170 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 1.52 x 19.81 cm
Part of series ‏ : ‎ Hot Science
Best Sellers Rank: 92,653 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) 37 in Environmental Philosophy 59 in Biodiversity 445 in Environmental Conservation
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