7th October 2024
We often think of the Yorkshire moors and the fells of the Lake District as being naturally wild areas. But in fact they are areas shaped by human intervention and in particular by livestock grazing, and sometimes this is depressing localised biodiversity. For example over stocking with sheep can lead to a lack of plant diversity including a lack of tree saplings, with a detrimental impact on insects and birds, and the increased risk of flooding and landslides.
However things could be different as Rewild Britain explains in their web site –
And as can be seen in on the ground examples such as the rewilding of Ennerdale – https://www.wildennerdale.co.uk/
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