wilding is working with rigidity of aquaculture. it is workin: rigidity of aquaculture. it is working hand rigidity of aquaculture. it is working hand in rigidity of aquaculture. it 3 working hand in glove with food production. we always need prime productive [and for agriculture, absolutely for food production, but we also need [and for nature, we need to clean our area, need to clean our water, we need to ring back biodiversity and we need to produce enough food. we do not need more area for food production, but we need to think much more cleverly about how we produce food and how we are going to sustain those systems. have to remember that the planet is on fire. what is going to be a hugely important and resource in the future. we have to think of how we can get water systems back that will actually sustain agriculture. though we are thinking about wetlands as being a source of water for the future, cleaner water, helping to purify our rivers. we know that is a terrific problem
across many parts of southern and eastern england some sunny spells, lengthy spells of sunshine in fact. 21 for london, maybe a few showers in the north of england and scotland. but the next low pressure will be sweeping in and will park itself over the uk on wednesday, and quite an angry looking area of low pressure there. potentially some strong winds blowing across parts of southern england, even near gale force around some of the coasts. in the north of scotland, i think the weather will be better. clearly, most of the rain is across england and wales during the course of wednesday and the temperatures around 18 20 degrees at best. now, once that area of low pressure clears away, and it will do, eventually towards the east, into scandinavia, behind it, this back edge will see colder winds coming in from the north and i think quite chilly around the north coasts of scotland, maybe along the north sea coast. inland, we ll feel that breeze as well. temperatures still will nudge up t
have one big question about one element of it, and that is your use of livestock, and, therefore, your continued use of meat. george mondeo, the activist and environmentalist we have had on hardtalk, he would say that fundamentally, to quote him, livestock is a phenomenally profitable means of producing food. you still, in essence, are producing meat. farmed meat in a way. is this not a flaw in your approach? george is absolutely right about meat being an intensive livestock management being a kind of very private way. it is unethical, unsustainable on every level. but what we are seeing here in this rewilding project is animals acting as drivers of a system. they are integral to the restoration of this land, the way they browse
wasted. we have to address that issue further for we start talking about the kind of areas that need for nature. but in our minds, marginal [and that can be productive for major is as important as food, because the two are completely intertwined. the two are completely intertwined. ., intertwined. but how can you convince intertwined. but how can you convince people intertwined. but how can you convince people who - intertwined. but how can you convince people who are - intertwined. but how can you i convince people who are paying ever higher prices in the supermarket for basic food stuffs, even brad, how can you convince them that that is true? ~ ., true? we cannot continue intensively true? we cannot continue intensively farming - true? we cannot continue intensively farming as - true? we cannot continue intensively farming as we | true? we cannot continue - intensively farming as we are. we know that if we continue ploughing our lands, we are wasting topsoil, losing topsoil
example of example ef re- acclaimed example of re wildling. that is a form of land management that aims to reverse the degradation of ecosystems and reverse the extinction of species. my guest is isabella tree, the co owner of this knepp estate. as her passion for re wildling represent an indulgence or a pathway to a healthier planet? isabella tree, welcome to hardtalk and thank you so much for inviting us to your estate here in sussex. here in sussex. pleasure. absolute here in sussex. pleasure. absolute pleasure - here in sussex. pleasure. absolute pleasure to - here in sussex. pleasure. | absolute pleasure to have here in sussex. pleasure. - absolute pleasure to have you. i m sorry it s a better weather. it