Rewilding Futures: Shaping Tomorrow's Wild

In this talk, Benedict, founder and director of Restore, talks through how nature restoration is now scaling across the UK. He charts the journey the UK is going on, from being one of the most nature depleted countries on Earth, to rapidly restoring large areas of land – as nature restoration becomes more profitable than extractive or intensive farming. Sharing first hand insights from rewilding estates like Castle Howard, creating a new ‘plain’ in Wiltshire and reintroducing beavers to farms, Benedict gives a unique insight into the workings of a nature restoration business – and how inspirational farmers and landowners are coming together to scale nature’s recovery. As a pragmatist, Benedict explains how finance is a critical part of nature’s recovery – and diversification is the way farming will prosper into the future. And how, without restoring nature, all farms, and farming, will ultimately fail.