Helping Yorkshire’s wildlife recover

The UK is one of the most nature-depleted nations in the world. Our researchers collaborate with partners and practitioners to rewild and restore biodiversity in the Yorkshire Dales.

We don’t have a lot of time left now to sort out climate change, so we need to make sure we’re doing the right things and enough of them.

—Associate Professor Cat Scott

Impact

• Community collaboration: worked with with farmers, communities, citizen scientists and third-sector organisations
• Environmental impact: restoring biodiversity, supporting the climate and flood prevention

Key Information

• Major funders: Philip Leverhulme Trust, European Research Council
• Partners and collaborators: Natural England, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), The Woodland Trust, The United Bank of Carbon
• Disciplines: environment, climate change, biology
• Investigators: Professor Dominick Spracklen, Dr Cat Scott

Keywords: peatlands, rewilding, sustainable farming, regenerative farming, wildlife, Yorkshire Dales, Ingleborough, biodiversity, carbon capture, climate change, flood prevention, climate change mitigation and adaptation