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Map of Knepp Wildland in West Sussex, England In Wilding , Isabella Tree makes the case for the creation of Knepp Wildland , the first large-scale rewilding project in lowland England. The 3,500-acre (1,400-hectare) wildland project was created in the grounds of Knepp Castle , the ancestral home of her husband, Sir Charles Burrell .
Rewilding Britain is an organisation founded in 2015 that aims to promote the rewilding of Great Britain. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a registered charity in England, Wales and Scotland. [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
Knepp Wildland is the first major lowland rewilding project in England. It comprises 1,400 hectares (3,500 acres) of former arable and dairy farmland in the grounds of Knepp Castle , in West Sussex .
Rewilding Britain has laid down 'five principles of rewilding' which it expects to be followed by affiliated rewilding projects. [ 97 ] [ 98 ] These are to support people and nature together, to 'let nature lead', to create resilient local economies, to 'work at nature's scale', and to secure benefits for the long-term.
Sir Charles Raymond Burrell, 10th Baronet (born 27 August 1962) is an English landowner, conservationist and founder of the Knepp Wildland, the first large-scale lowland rewilding project in England, which was created in the early 2000s when he stopped conventional farming on 3,500 acres (1,400 ha) of land surrounding the ancestral family home at Knepp Castle in West Sussex.
Isabella Tree, Lady Burrell (born 1964) [1] is a British author and conservationist. She is author of the Richard Jefferies Society Literature Award-winning book Wilding: the return of nature to a British farm that describes the creation of Knepp Wildland, the first large-scale rewilding project in lowland England.
Iron Age torc from Ken Hill. The name Ken Hill probably derives from a chieftain or landowner with the Anglo-Saxon name Cena. [4] The site has been inhabited from ancient times, with hoards including gold torcs, ingot rings, coins, bracelets and scrap metal from the last two centuries BC being found by archaeologists at Ken Hill.
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