This is such an inspiring project, and a real flagship for how conservation is for people too, not just for wildlife. I can't wait to see how this project and the landscape continues to develop.
Such a good video- amazing to hear AND see how the vision will effect the landscape, wildlife and people of the area. We need more content like this- it really sparks the imagination! thankyou
I agree, this was such an engaging way to present the content! It really got me dreaming and imagining what our landscapes could and should be like given the chance...
Tree restoration can improve soil structure and PH .Along a river it can help with providing shade for fly life and small fish and trout and who knows maybe even salmon parr?
Wow I hope I get to see this finished before I die, I currently have just 3 months before Retirement kicks in and in the past I have hike across this area twice on my Coast to Coast visits to the Lake District and one return visit to the Borrowdale area 10 years after my first visit to the Lake District in 2000. I find no matter the distance I walked or hiked in that area each day on my C2C Hike I always felt "at home" in that, for me, a far off Paradise. Tony in Essex
@@wildhaweswater5622 Sadly that is no longer possible due to age, but I have my memories of past hikes and the whole of RU-vid to refresh the parts I have forgotten.
Hiya, this was produced as a vision of where we hope to get to by 2050, so it's not possible to use real video as it's not happened yet. We are capturing the changes as we go along using drones and other methods - Annabel
I like the overall vision but wouldn't the encroachment of trees onto the high moor itself result in less curlews breeding not more? Obviously more of our uplands need tree cover but having trees on the actual moor can't be good for breeding waders. I would just like an insight into whether I'm wrong or if this is something thats been thought through already?
Thanks for your question. The bog restoration work will really benefit curlew and other waders (there currently aren't really any curlew to speak of). Where the tree restoration is taking place is in the bracken dominated areas where they couldn't breed anyway. As you can see from the visuals, the closer you go to the top, the tree cover becomes less dense, so there will be a mosaic of different habitat types, each benefitting different species that have been factored in. Best wishes, Annabel
I have noticed that much of the conjecture herein is carefully orientated around the carbon footprint model, and a rewilding protocol is extant behind the scene, all this is of course detrimental to humans who once filled the vallies with children and land workers. The title sustainability is a trojan horse to humanity in so many ways, putting wildness first may become its ultimate enemy.
It would be interesting to know that the vision contains in terms of data on: full time equivalent employment, calories of food produced, £ benefit to the water catchment process, other £ inputs the local economy, savings in downstream flood damage, insurance saving and carbon sequestration value. Also any differences in subsidy per hectare compared to a sheep focussed enterprise. We can then add that to biodiversity benefit and take a balanced view.
