Holnicote estate rewilding remains green amid drought
We KNOW that rewilding massively reduces flooding and the effects of drought, not to mention reversing nature loss, boosting rural communities and the wider economy, and aiding against climate collapse. Why is the government still ignoring the obvious? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
vadaga.bsky.social15Our pollinator meadow from no-mow May is the sole grass survivor of the dry Summer in the back garden. I was going to cut it back but then decided to leave it
Mark Robins4Because the IFA etc has them by the balls.
darrentmn.bsky.social3The editors of the Daily Mail are gonna fkn hate it when they see that article.
Suaimhneas2Government depends on rural vote, giving farmers a disproportionate power. While food security is important, it’s time farming was brought into balance with our national development, more home grown veg, less live stock, & that they start giving a shit about the environment they are custodians of
The Nark Ascending2You can tell the difference between our rewilded smallholding in Pembrokeshire & the surrounding farmland which is barren from over-grazing & sileage harvesting. All the swallows swooping across our land and none over the other fields, & the only soil with any moisture is ours due to the long grass.
Jane Caroline Napier1If you mean the British government, it would seem that our latest PM just wants to continue burning fossil fuels and closing his eyes to the climate crisis. I don't understand why.
As ever I would point out that this is good landscape management and there is nothing 'wild' about it and until we stop calling it 'rewilding' people will continue to operate with the ludicrous romantic assumption that 'nature' is self-healing and that human intervention is bad.
Tim Waterman20Just to be clear: 'nature' is tremendously rich but climate change increasingly means it needs our help everywhere to maintain that richness. Humans are and can be a force for good and we need a peopled landscape and careful landscape management.
Rudi1I hope you join the southern delta excursion at ECLAS to see prime Dutch examples of good landscape management...
