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20/09/2014 GMT

Rewilding

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The impact of leaving the land to its own devices

What happens when nature is left to take its own course on abandoned land? Tim Marlow talks to George Monbiot, Frans Schepers and Joan Nassauer.

From the release of captive species to their natural habitats, to restoring ecosystems in rural and urban areas, to “rewilding the child”,  Tim Marlow explores ideas about rewilding. With environmentalist and writer George Monbiot, Frans Schepers from Rewilding Europe and Joan Nassauer Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Michigan.

(Photo: The Gray Wolf; the species was reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park, USA in 1995. Credit: AP)

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