Synopsis: Have you ever looked at the landscape around you and asked yourself: is this land providing everything people and nature need from it? Is it providing good food & clean water? Is it helping capture carbon? Is it supporting all the different plants and animals that call it home? Is it creating space for adventure and a connection to nature? There are lots of reasons why our landscapes look like they do, but they weren’t created to meet the challenges we face today. Achieving a future that sustains people and nature will heavily rely on how we use land and how we work with nature. Rewilding is about giving nature the chance to recover itself, and I will explore some of the associated costs and benefits of more rewilding in Britain.

Bio: Chris Sandom:' I’ve been interested in nature and biology for as long as I can remember. I’ve just always felt nature was important and not as present in my life as I would like. In fact, looking back I feel my connection with nature was more through David Attenborough’s documentaries rather than being outside! But my interests led me to studying Environmental Biology and Geography at St Andrews. I then went up to Alladale Wilderness Reserve to set up an Eco-Volunteer project and then did my PhD on how wolves and wild boar could help restore the Caledonian pine forest. I’ve also done some Paleoecology at Aarhus University to better understand how nature worked before people arrived. I’m now a Senior Lecturer at the University of Sussex, Chair of Rewilding Sussex, and a Director of Wild Business. In all of these positions I explore what rewilding is, how it might be implemented, and what the implications of more rewilding might be.'