{"id":17980,"date":"2024-04-03T22:57:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T22:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17980"},"modified":"2024-04-03T22:59:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T22:59:28","slug":"what-does-rewilding-look-like-rewilding-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/17980","title":{"rendered":"What does Rewilding Look Like &#8211; Rewilding Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Imagine life bursting back to our land and seas, where wildlife numbers are growing instead of shrinking and we\u2019re working with nature, as a part of nature, instead of exploiting it. Nature can recover when given a chance. We have to give it that chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video below to see the transformation of an ecologically degraded part of Britain\u2019s uplands\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What does rewilding look like?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yjurVFWM6c0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By protecting, restoring and regenerating species-rich mosaics of habitats, rewilding helps reverse biodiversity loss and bring back the abundance of Britain\u2019s wildlife. We\u2019ve demonstrated that rewilding also helps to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rewildingbritain.org.uk\/why-rewild\/benefits-of-rewilding\/climate-emergency\">mitigate climate heating<\/a>&nbsp;by drawing down millions of tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere. We\u2019ve shown in our report&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rewildingbritain.org.uk\/about-us\/what-we-say\/research-and-reports\/adapting-to-climate-heating\">\u200b\u2018Adapting to Climate Heating\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;report how rewilding allows wildlife to disperse and adapt as our climate heats, saving a&nbsp;significant number from further decline or extinction.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rewilding also presents opportunities for communities to diversify and create more resilient, nature-based economies\u2009\u2014\u2009and reconnects us with the wonders of wild nature, improving physical and mental health.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The breakdown of our climate and the species extinction crisis are no longer fringe concerns but are increasingly recognised as urgent existential threats to both nature and human society. Yet the gulf between our awareness of that threat and the inadequacy of our current response is terrifying. Now, more than ever, we must reset our relationship with the natural world. Nature is a&nbsp;part of us. It\u2019s our life support system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Britain should be teeming with wildlife. Instead many of our wildlife populations \u2013 from songbirds to insects and plankton \u2013 are collapsing. To repair our planet we must urgently achieve net carbon zero\u2009\u2014\u2009and natural climate solutions can contribute significantly to this aim. Protecting our living world and our climate are largely one and the same. And rewilding, the large-scale restoration of ecosystems to the point where nature can take care of itself, plays a&nbsp;vital role in&nbsp;both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rewildingbritain.org.uk\/why-rewild\/what-is-rewilding\/an-introduction-to-rewilding\/rewilding-the-uplands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.rewildingbritain.org.uk\/why-rewild\/what-is-rewilding\/an-introduction-to-rewilding\/rewilding-the-uplands<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine life bursting back to our land and seas, where wildlife numbers are growing instead of shrinking and we\u2019re working with nature, as a part of nature, instead of exploiting it. Nature can recover when given a chance. We have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/17980\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[7,892,748,1690,429,1686,974,1689,1685,99,1688],"class_list":["post-17980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1","tag-advice","tag-britain","tag-climate","tag-ecology","tag-environment","tag-like","tag-look","tag-nature","tag-rewilding","tag-what","tag-wildlife"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17980"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17982,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17980\/revisions\/17982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}