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Farming Today: 06/05/24 Behind the scenes on the Wildland Estate where Scotland's largest landowner is making big changes.

06/05/24 Behind the scenes on the Wildland Estate where Scotland's largest landowner is making big changes.

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 06/05/24 Behind the scenes on the Wildland Estate where Scotland's largest landowner is making big changes.

A billionaire's vision for 80,000 acres in the Cairngorms.

The vision behind Wildland Estate, owned by Scotland's biggest landowner.

Just what happens when a foreign billionaire buys a vast tract of the Scottish Highlands and sets about changing it? Does Scotland’s biggest landowner Anders Holch Povlsen dictate everything that happens on his 80,000 acres of the Cairngorm National Park? Is he making money from it? Richard Baynes has been to the heart of Povlsen’s Wildland estate, talking to those charged with restoring nature on it and finding out how they work.  
Produced and presented by Richard Baynes.

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