There is a common saying: ‘if it pays, it stays'. The saying comes out of Africa, where some of the best conservation of wilderness landscapes is now being done on private land - with corporate investment. 'Rewilding' - as it's now commonly referred to - is not new. My uncle in Zimbabwe, together with many other cattle farmers, were doing it in the 1970s. It wasn't called 'rewilding' back then - it was just good business sense. Restoring nature and reintroducing species, including lions and elephants, back to denuded cattle ranches was working wonders. This new nature-based rural eco...
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