5/12/2023 0 Comments Rewilding sussex bookPerhaps the example of applying diverse approaches on the Knepp Estate in Sussex, owned by Tree and her husband, influenced the think tank to come up with this large-scale proposal, which they think might be a fine way to mark Queen Elizabeth’s upcoming Platinum Jubilee anniversary, celebrating seventy years on the throne. But this idea, especially that last part about pursuing more diverse land-management approaches is exactly what Isabella Tree advocates in her book. By Isabella Tree, Book Review by John MilesĪs I began working on this review of Isabella Tree’s Wilding, I happened upon an article posted today in the Daily Mail titled “UK should build a ‘forest of Britain’ from Land’s End to John O’Groats.” The article reports on a proposal in the Policy Exchange’s “’Bigger, Better Forest’s report which considers UK land use post-Brexit, outside of the EU Common Agriculture Policy.” The idea is to connect as many conservation sites in Britain as possible on a scale that would involve “over around 2,400 square miles (around 6200 sq km) and contain over 300 million trees.” The story also notes that “The report proposes that farmers should be supported in the pursuit of more diverse land-management approaches to incorporate the farming of woodlands and agroforestry, which would see trees integrated with grazing and arable crops.”īefore reading Wilding, I would have thought “That sounds great,” and moved on.
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