
Meet the rewilders: Sussex Kelp Recovery Project
Campaigning by an eclectic group of individuals in Sussex has brought coastal kelp back from the brink — and inspired joined-up thinking on marine rewilding.
We introduce you to the inspired individuals who are on a mission to transform their corner of the country.


Campaigning by an eclectic group of individuals in Sussex has brought coastal kelp back from the brink — and inspired joined-up thinking on marine rewilding.

Derby City Council and Derbyshire Wildlife Trust are helping turn a former municipal golf course into Britain’s largest urban rewilding project. Read the story.

Inspired by the achievements of Knepp in Sussex, Dominic Buscall abandoned a career in consultancy to lead a transformation of his family’s Norfolk farm.

An unlikely group of landowners is starting out on a journey to transform their corner of Devon, in Britain’s first rewilding cluster. Read their story.

Eco-entrepreneur Jeremy Leggett is setting out to prove that rewilding in Scotland can mean ‘repeopling the Highlands’. Read his story.

In the Southern Uplands a town once known for its textile mills has found new life thanks to Scotland’s largest community land buyout.

In the Lake District the RSPB’s Lee Schofield is spearheading an ambitious project where farming and nature recovery go hand-in-hand. Read his story.
On a nature reserve in mid-Wales, James Hitchcock led the gentle rewilding of a hill farm into a nature-rich landscape in his role at the Wildlife Trust.