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JOHN GREEN reports on rewilding attempts in the capital and beyond in order to give a boost to rare or endangered wildlife

IN AN attempt to counter the horrendous loss of wildlife as a result of population increase, urban spread and particularly the extensive use of intensive farming, there have been increasing calls for “rewilding.” 

What does that term mean? Well, it involves an attempt to reintroduce animals and plants that used to be widespread but are today either extinct or facing extinction. 

Can we, though, really bring back some of the diversity and variety of wildlife that our parents and grandparents knew or is it simply a utopian dream? 

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