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Urban rewilding is a specific form of rewilding, a movement that gained prominence in the 1990s. [1] Urban rewilding aims to integrate ecosystems into cities, blending nature and urban settings. This nature can be anything from vegetation to animals. [ 1 ]
Wilding is a 2023 British documentary film directed by David Allen, about Charlie Burrell, Isabella Tree and their rewilding project Knepp Wildland in West Sussex. The film is based on Tree's 2018 book of the same name—a memoir and an account of the ecology of the countryside.
The book describes the Knepp Wildland rewilding project on an estate in Sussex that had been run as a farm. The poor land made farming difficult, and the farm was failing. In 2001 the project began; farming ceased, and gradually fallow deer, English Longhorn cattle, and Tamworth pigs were introduced to fenced areas. Birds, insects, and flowers ...
Charity Rewilding Britain pointed to polling which suggested more than eight in 10 people supported restoring natural processes to land.
The 3,500 acre (1,400 hectare) [110] Knepp Castle estate in West Sussex was the first major pioneer of rewilding in England, and started that land-management policy there in 2001 [111] [112] on land formerly used as dairy farmland. [110]
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We also need to use more land to protect air quality, water quality, the environment, and nature with schemes like rewilding. Dominic Buscall, Project Manager [ 9 ] Wild Ken Hill is a lowland farm with some grassland , meadow , heathland and shrub.
Free-ranging longhorn cattle at Knepp Wildland. Knepp Wildland is the first major lowland rewilding project in England. It comprises 1,400 hectares (3,500 acres) of former arable and dairy farmland in the grounds of Knepp Castle, in West Sussex.