In Ben’s Rewilding the World podcast series, he talks to the individuals behind some of the most inspirational and dramatic rewilding projects around the world. From the UK and Europe to Africa, the Americas and Asia, their work is helping return areas of land and sea to its natural state and creating spaces where wildlife can thrive.
"Coming to terms with the wolf in Britain would be one of the biggest and bravest things we've ever done. But we desperately need to start a conversation about how we do this and when we do this and start to make progress towards attaining it as a real goal."
Beavers are the ultimate ecosystem engineers. Derek Gow is a farmer turned conservationist and played a major role in reintroducing the Eurasion beaver to England.
In this episode Ben Goldsmith speaks to Derek about how he led the charge to bring beavers back to waterways here in Britain, one of the greatest triumphs of the nature movement. The pair also discuss why there are calls to reintroduce the wolf to the UK.
Ben Goldsmith is a British financier and rewilding enthusiast. Join him as he speaks to people from all over the world who champion nature and helping to restore habitats and wildlife to some of the most nature depleted parts of our planet.
"If you want to save any species on Earth, there's really only one species you have to fully understand, and thats homo sapiens, because are the cause and therefore we are the solution to just about every rewilding or biodiversity or climate concern."
This time on Rewilding the World, Ben Golsmith talks to Brett Jenks, CEO of Rare.org. They discuss how the St. Lucian parrot was saved – in part – by a rebrand and how changing the attitudes of ordinary people can have transformatively positive impacts on the environment.
Brett Jenks has championed behavior change in the conservation community for more than 30 years. As CEO, he leads Rare’s international mission to equip people in the world’s most biologically diverse countries with the tools and motivation needed to sustainably manage their natural resources.
Ben Goldsmith is a British financier and rewilding enthusiast. Join him as he speaks to environmentalists and thought leaders from all over the world who are working to help restore habitats and wildlife to some of the most nature depleted parts of our planet.
In the latest episode of Rewilding the World, Ben Goldsmith speaks with legendary author and oceans campaigner Charles Clover. Charles’ seminal book, The End of the Line, marked a turning point in our understanding of the collapse of marine wildlife. Finally now, meaningful efforts are underway across the world to restore sanity and the health of our oceans.
The Everglades, North America’s largest and most vital wetland, is a place of extraordinary beauty but is facing enormous problems. Steve Davies, lead scientist of The Everglades Foundation, is leading efforts to restore the Everglades to health.
Australia has a mammoth problem with invasive species brought by European settlers. In this episode Ben Goldsmith is joined by Tim Allard who leads the Australian Wildlife Conservancy which is working to restore millions of hectares of wilderness in the country.
In this episode Ben Goldsmith speaks with Highlander David Balharry. David leads the John Muir Trust, an organisation which is leading efforts to restore the great mosaic of woodlands and wetlands that once made the Scottish Highlands one of Europe’s wildest landscapes.
Andreia Pawel is from ORKCA, the Orange River-Karoo Conservation Area, based in the south of Namibia. Andriea and her team plan to create a 2.5 million acre reserve and are working to reintroduce the wildlife that one lived there.
Pedro Prata is helping to restore great swathes of Portugal and provide spaces for native species to thrive. Through buying patches of land Rewilding Portugal is creating a mosaic of areas to reintroduce native animals and plant species with the hope they will spill out to the surrounding areas.
In this episode Ben Goldsmith is joined by John Watkin, the outgoing Chief Executive of Sahara Conservation. John and his team were charged with restoring a truly immense landscape in Africa’s Sahel region, including the reintroduction of species that have almost disappeared or have been lost from the region entirely.
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“There are a growing number of extraordinary, huge-scale rewilding efforts taking place across the world, and nobody knows about them! I started my Rewilding the World podcast series to illuminate these, and to give people a regular dose of optimism.”
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