I have recently written again about rewilding .... SS15 wildlife watching: The principles of rewilding.
Yesterday evening, I watched an online webinar from the Scottish Rewilding Alliance which proved to very informative and hugely inspiring in its demonstration of what is possible if we choose it.
The Scottish Rewilding Alliance say ....
"Imagine a Scotland where nature is reawakened. Where a rich tapestry of native woodlands, wetlands, wildflower meadows and grasslands is stitched back together. Where land and seas teem with life. Where people feel connected to the natural world, wherever they live. And where nature-based enterprises support thriving communities far and wide."
.... and ....
"This is our vision of rewilding. This is why we’re calling on Scotland to become the world’s first Rewilding Nation."
The Scottish Rewilding Alliance webinar was hosted by Peter Cairns, a wildlife photographer and rewilding campaigner, and there were exceptional contributions from the following speakers ....
Mark Ruskell, the MSP and Green Party spokesperson for Environment, Climate and Transport in the Scottish Parliament.
Lynn from Lynbreck Croft located in the Cairngorms National Park and focusing on regenerative wilder farming.
Kevin Cumming from the Langholm Moor Initiative, a community development trust for Eskdale in southern Scotland that is developing a wide range of inspiring nature-based projects following a community buy-out of a large estate previously owned by Buccleuch Estates.
Will Goudy from Seawilding who are working with coastal communities in Scotland to restore degraded inshore marine habitats to enhance biodiversity, improve water quality and sequester carbon.
Sophie Ramsay from Bamff Wildland , a rewilding project in Perthshire.
The UK, including Scotland, is one of the most nature depleted countries on the planet. Whilst the Scottish Government is far more progressive and ambitious than the Westminster Government when it comes to a green recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and tackling the climate emergency and biodiversity crisis (no surprise there), they need to do much more. They need to move beyond just protection and conservation and take a global lead on restoration and recovery through encouraging and supporting rewilding projects and the development of large scale nature networks. The Scottish Rewilding Alliance is urging Scotland to become the world's first Rewilding Nation.
The Scottish Rewilding Alliance have framed this in the context of a personal choice for the whole of society. We can choose life over continuing decline by forging a new relationship with nature and by reconnecting with the wild world. The wild world has largely been separated from our world other than in some of the indigenous communities where people still see themselves, their environment and nature and wildlife as a single entity, a single living ecosystem.
Value the wild world and choose more nature.
Here are 2 short videos that are well worth watching ....
Scotland: the world's first Rewilding Nation?
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