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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Helena Horton Environment reporter

Birds, beavers and microparks: experts plan to rewild London

A beaver in  Enfield, London, earlier this year.
A beaver in Enfield, London, earlier this year. Photograph: John Sibley/Reuters

London will be “rewilded” with new nature reserves, pocket parks and a mass community movement to bring nature back to the capital, the Guardian can reveal.

A group of rewilding experts commissioned by the mayor, Sadiq Khan, are in the early stages of drawing up the proposal. The idea came from Ben Goldsmith, a financier and environment campaigner who is on the board of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

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