Sunday, 7 October 2018

Better Late Than Never?

News that there will be money to help restore the once ubiquitous forests in Scotland and Wales (as well as other areas in Europe) is timely (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/07/caledonias-lost-forest-restored-to-glory-in-rewilding-cairngorms). Although the mounts are only a few tens of £millions, it presumably can be used to buy up tracts of land between the existing remnants (possibly with some moving of folk and demolitions). The resulting forests might well be big enough to rewild with lynx, elk, beavers et cetera, although one should note that viable populations of wild carnivores require very substantial home ranges.
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1 comment:

Kate said...

An idea you may have already discussed on your blog is of corridors. It's being tried here in NZ in a small way. It seems to help in the short-term, until bigger areas and widths can be added. On my bucket list is to visit the East-West Germany boarder lands which I have heard are teeming with life and diversity despite being only a few km wide. All just because it was simply LEFT ALONE.

8 October 2018 at 20:17

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