Why you should never ever mention rewilding to a Welsh hill farmer

MY LATE uncle was a sheep farmer in north Wales and I’ve completely happy recollections of visiting his farm in Snowdonia as a toddler. I wasn’t a lot fascinated with farming again then, however today I discover it fascinating. Producing sufficient meals to feed a rising international inhabitants is without doubt one of the most damaging actions we impose on the pure world, a large driver of local weather change and a significant menace to biodiversity.

“Biodiversity is, on common, faring very badly certainly,” says Andrew Bamford on the College of Cambridge. “And whereas different drivers of biodiversity’s decline typically entice extra consideration, the best supply of menace to …