Weaving a story of hope with nature recovery
Hannah Partos
created: Aug. 13, 2025, 8:57 a.m. | updated: Aug. 27, 2025, 6:49 a.m.
Think big, act wild, goes the strapline at Rewilding Britain, which Sara King puts into practice every day.
“It was a turning point that took me on the rewilding journey I’m on now,” she says.
Now a manager at Rewilding Britain, the charity restoring the nation’s ecosystems, King had been working as an ecological consultant when she visited a beaver enclosure in Devon.
“People often say nature is fragile,” she says, “but seeing what rewilding can do – whether it’s species coming back and creating dynamic landscapes, or changing grazing to allow more natural regeneration of woodland – shows that nature can be resilient.
“Even in Britain, one of the most nature-depleted countries, if we give nature the space and the conditions it needs, and a little bit of a helping hand, it can bounce back.
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