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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Patrick Greenfield, Sophie Yeo and Coreen Grant

Rewilding ‘not just for toffs’ as one in five councils in Great Britain get onboard

Waterhall golf course in Brighton, which closed in March 2020, is being restored to chalk grasslands.
Waterhall golf course in Brighton, which closed in March 2020, is being restored to chalk grasslands. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

One in five county councils have embraced rewilding on public land in Great Britain, with a growing number setting aside former golf courses, post-industrial scrubland and recovering waterways for nature.

From Rhondda Cynon Taf to Brighton, 43 councils in England, Wales and Scotland have launched rewilding schemes or are planning to do so in rural and urban areas, a joint investigation by the Guardian and the wildlife magazine Inkcap Journal found.

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