Episode 170. BEST IN CLIMATE. Monks Wood Wilderness: 60 years ago, scientists let a farm field rewild – here’s what happened, by Richard K Broughton

<p><em><span style= "color: #383838; font-family: 'Libre Baskerville', Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"> "So began the Monks Wood Wilderness experiment, which is now 60 years old. A rewilding study before the term existed, it shows how allowing land to naturally regenerate can expand native woodland and help tackle climate change and biodiversity loss."</span></em></p> <p><span style= "color: #383838; font-family: 'Libre Baskerville', Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"> This week's Best in Climate article discusses the benefits of doing nothing to reclaim wilderness except leaving the land alone to naturally regenerate.<br /></span></p>