My guests on this episode are Ian Russell and Jamie Kukadia from the watercourses team at London Borough of Enfield. We discuss:
- 'Rewilding Enfield' - rewilding urban streets, parks and rivers.
- Nature-based flood resilience and sustainable drainage versus traditional engineering.
- Reintroducing beavers to London.
- The benefits of conservation livestock grazing in parks and green belt.
- Advice for others who want to take an urban rewilding approach.
Learn more about the Enfield beavers
Learn more about the conservation grazing project
This is part 3 of the Urban Rewilding series.
Listen to part 1 here:
#102: (WILD) Rewilding Urban Parks with Lost Species - Sean McCormack, Ealing Beaver Project
Listen to part 2 here:
#105: (WILD) Wilding the City, with Sophie Thompson (LDA Design)
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