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THE TROUBLE WITH REINTRODUCTIONS
Opinions on the return of missing species vary widely, but in the face of increasing biodiversity loss and calls for a wildlife comeback, should the question around reintroductions be shifting from ‘whether’ to ‘when’?
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JOURNEY TO THE WILD!
Across much of Scotland, young forests are on the march, river systems are being transformed and wild animals are being reintroduced to wander unimpeded across habitats increasingly shaped by natural processes. We may not be able to show people wolves, but we can show them a landscape of hope.
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LYNX WITH SLOVENIAN HUNTERS
In Slovenia, hunters are helping conservationists to reinforce a critically threatened lynx population, recognising the lynx has a vital role to play in a healthy forest ecosystem.
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WHAT PRICE AN OYSTER BED?
The way we value nature has to change if we want to restore it. In the second of a two-part feature, Matthew Hay examines how new rules, new metrics and new markets can lead to the services that nature provides being properly valued.
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WHAT PRICE A PINEWOOD?
The way we value nature has to change if we want to restore it. In the first of a two-part feature, Matthew Hay sets out the big issues we must tackle in order to align economic and ecological interests.
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THE CAPERCAILLIE CONUNDRUM
As the political and cultural tension around Scotland’s capercaillie reaches a new high, the population of the world's largest grouse hits a new low. Is it time to ditch the dogma and think outside of the box?
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WEST COAST WILDING
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On the Ross of Mull lies a magical place where rewilding has been happening for 25 years. Tireragan is the largest site in the Northwoods Rewilding Network and is an inspiring example of what can happen when people have the vision, and the will, to allow nature to recover.
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MUNCHING MOSAICS
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Using appropriate grazers to replicate the impact of missing herbivores is one of the core principles that define the Northwoods Rewilding Network. And if you don’t have any of your own, no problem.
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WHERE THE FOREST HITS THE SEA
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The Cowal peninsula might feel remote to some, but for one family with an astonishing record of global adventures, this is not only now their home but also the backdrop to fulfilling their rewilding dream.
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ROOTING FOR ROOTERS
Destructive, dangerous, confrontational, plundering…these are just a few familiar terms attributed to wild boar. After centuries of absence, these powerful rooters are back in Scotland, but how well do we know wild boar?
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