Isabella Tree

Wilding

The Return of Nature to a British Farm

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Wilding tells the story of a remarkable experiment: the rewilding of the Knepp Estate in West Sussex, the restoration of natural ecological processes, and the stunning recovery of flora and fauna.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pan Macmillan
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 164mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 642g
• ISBN-13: 9781509805099
• ISBN-10: 1509805095
• Artikelnr.: 50875438

Autorenporträt

Isabella Tree is an award-winning author, travel writer, and manager of the the Knepp Wildland Project, together with her husband Charlie. She is the author of several books, including Wilding, The Living Goddess and The Bird Man.

Inhaltsangabe

Section
i: Timeline Section
ii: Map of the Knepp estate Introduction
iii: Introduction Chapter
1: Meeting a Remarkable Man under a Remarkable Tree Chapter
2: At Odds with Everything Chapter
3: The Serengeti Effect Chapter
4: The Secret of Grazing Animals Chapter
5: A World of Wood Pasture Chapter
6: Wild Ponies, Pigs and Longhorn Cattle Chapter
7: Creating a Mess Chapter
8: Living with the Yellow Peril Chapter
9: Painted Ladies and the Perfect Storm Chapter
10: Purple Emperors Chapter
11: Nightingales Chapter
12: Turtle Doves Chapter
13: Rewilding the River Chapter
14: Bringing Back the Beaver Chapter
15: Pasture
fed Chapter
16: Rewilding the Soil Chapter
17: The Value of Nature Section
iv: Appendix: Knepp Wildland Advisory Board Section
v: Sources Section
vi: Bibliography Acknowledgements
vii: Acknowledgements Index
viii: Index Section
ix: List of Illustrations