Wild Ingleborough – one year on

This multi-partner conservation project aims to restore wildlife habitats in the Ingleborough area. A year since its launch, we look at the project’s achievements, celebrate its volunteers and lay out its next steps.

Native woodland only covers about 1% of the Yorkshire Dales. Many native woodlands are small and fragmented and the wildlife that depends on the woodland is under threat. To help address these issues, Wild Ingleborough is working to expand and connect existing areas of native woodland.

—Professor Dominick Spracklen

Impact

• Civic engagement: collaboration with national and government partners
• Environmental impact: wildlife and species recovery
• Knowledge discovery: results in evidence for future rewilding projects

Key information

• Funders: Natural England Research Council (NERC), Philip Leverhulme, European Research Council
• Partners and collaborators: Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, Natural England, Woodland Trust, WWF-UK, United Bank of Carbon
• Disciplines: environment, sustainability, agriculture
• Investigators: Professor Dominick Spracklen, Dr Cat Scott

Keywords: Leeds Ecosystem, Atmosphere and Forest centre (LEAF), community, rewilding, farming, nature, recovery, environment, sustainability, conservation, Yorkshire Dales