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This project pioneered the use of beavers as a wildlife conservation tool in the UK. The success of this project has provided the inspiration behind other projects in Gloucestershire and Argyll. The Kent beaver colony lives in a 130-acre (0.53 km 2) fenced enclosure at the wetland of Ham Fen. Subsequently, the population has been supplemented ...
Rewilding Britain has laid down 'five principles of rewilding' which it expects to be followed by affiliated rewilding projects. [ 97 ] [ 98 ] These are to support people and nature together, to 'let nature lead', to create resilient local economies, to 'work at nature's scale', and to secure benefits for the long-term.
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.
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STORY: Beavers are being reintroduced in London 400 years since they disappearedas part of an urban rewilding push by conservationists BEN GOLDSMITH, REWILDING ADVOCATE SAYING:"I think we'll have ...
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Sir Charles Raymond Burrell, 10th Baronet (born 27 August 1962) is an English landowner, conservationist and founder of the Knepp Wildland, the first large-scale lowland rewilding project in England, which was created in the early 2000s when he stopped conventional farming on 3,500 acres (1,400 ha) of land surrounding the ancestral family home at Knepp Castle in West Sussex.
In 2016, Scottish rewilding charity Trees for Life planted aspen along Loch Beinn a' Mheadhoin's shores to support the reintroduction of beavers. [ 3 ] The loch was partially expanded in the 1950s as part of the Affric-Beauly hydro-electric power scheme , drawing water from Loch Mullardoch to the north via a 5.5 km long tunnel. [ 4 ]