Ten for nature: amazing scrapes and brimming with birds
In the latest instalment, Rob Francis describes the creation of a new scrape – laborious and tricky but with hugely...
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Ten for nature: getting into scrapes
Rob Francis gives us a spring rewilding update from the ten acres and describes the challenges and rewards of creating...
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Making minor changes for a major outcome when it comes to the energy crisis
Minor changes, such as reducing thermostats by 1°C and using a CO2 calculator, can make a major difference to global...
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Ten for nature: rewilding Yorkshire with whips, thorns and brimstones!
Rain and mud present problems for planting and hedge cutting, but Rob Francis gets a reward for agreeing to plant...
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Ten for nature: moving forward
Robert Francis continues this account of the exciting and challenging project to rewild ten acres of North Yorkshire countryside.
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Ten for Nature: nature recovery in Yorkshire
Rob Francis describes how an area of North Yorkshire is successfully ‘rewilding’, resulting in a bio-diverse influx of wildlife.
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Are we witnessing the death of the events industry?
The risk is that when the time comes to emerge safely from our homes again, live events will have disappeared...
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The upland moors: conflicting roles and values
Given the harm it does to the environment and wildlife can the ‘sport’ of grouse shooting still be defended today?
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