Description
| Product ID: | 9781509805099 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Wilding |
| Subtitle: | The Return of Nature to a British Farm |
| Authors: | Author: Isabella Tree |
| Page Count: | 384 |
| Subjects: | Conservation of wildlife and habitats, Conservation of wildlife & habitats, The countryside, country life: general interest, The countryside, country life |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Wilding tells the story of a remarkable experiment: the rewilding of the Knepp Estate in West Sussex, the restoration of natural ecological processes, and the stunning recovery of flora and fauna. <p><b>‘A poignant, practical and moving story of how to fix our broken land, this should be conservation's salvation; this should be its future; this is a new hope’ – Chris Packham<br><br>Winner of the Richard Jefferies Society / White Horse Book Shop Award for Nature Writing</b><br><br>In <i>Wilding</i>, Isabella Tree tells the story of the ‘Knepp experiment’, a pioneering rewilding project in West Sussex, using free-roaming grazing animals to create new habitats for wildlife.<br><br>Part gripping memoir, part fascinating account of the ecology of our countryside, <i>Wilding </i>is, above all, an inspiring story of hope.<br><br><b>Highly Commended by the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing<br><br>'One of the landmark ecological books of the decade' – <i>The Sunday Times</i></b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Picador |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-05-03 |
