Rewilding Britain

Rewilding Britain is an organization founded in 2015 that aims to promote the rewilding of Great Britain.[1][2] It is a registered charity in England and Wales, and also in Scotland.[3][4]

One of the people involved in setting up the charity was George Monbiot who published Feral, a book about rewilding, in 2013.[5] Rewilding Britain has called for the reintroduction of predators such as lynx and wolves which were hunted to extinction in Britain centuries ago.[6] Its proposals have been opposed by farmers.[2]. However, in 2018 the Prime Minister launched a 25-year environmental plan which gave encouragement to Rewilding Britain by, for example, supporting the reintroduction of the beaver and recognising the pioneering achievements of the Knepp Estate in lowland rewilding.[7]

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References
  1. Boyd Tonkin (17 July 2015). "'Rewilding' would create a theme park, not a return to nature". The Independent.
  2. "Re-introducing big predators wrong, says crofting federation". BBC News. 16 July 2015.
  3. "Charity Overview". Charity Commission for England and Wales. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  4. "Charity details". Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  5. Piesing, Mark (2016-10-03). "George Monbiot on "rewilding" the countryside and the end of sheep". i. Retrieved 2017-12-03. Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  6. David Miller (15 July 2015). "Call for lynx and wolf reintroduction". BBC News.
  7. Wrigley; Driver. "25-year environment plan – is this a turning point for rewilding?". Retrieved 2018-02-08.


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