Rewilding a Nation | movie | 2023 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Robi Watkinson and Emma Hodson travel across Britain and the Netherlands documenting the story of the rewilding movement | dG1fR3hSa1VLVGp3Tk0

Transcript

00:00Britain has lost almost all of its iconic megafauna.

00:07And all the amazing ecosystem functions that these animals would have provided vanished

00:12with them.

00:13That creates a very different dynamic where we have to decide, as a society, we want to

00:18bring the wolf back.

00:20You know, if everybody thinks the same and it's sheep, cattle, chemical farming, then

00:25we are truly faced with ruin.

00:28You may laugh.

00:29And I told you I would show you my beaver trimmings.

00:31So, ta-da!

00:32Here's some beaver trimmings I prepared earlier.

00:35I think the bigger question is, why not?

00:37I mean, you've seen bison in the Netherlands.

00:39It's such a fantastic, kind of charismatic species.

00:43We know they can do fantastic things for our environment.

00:47Europe's largest animal.

00:48It's just gone.

00:49Like that.

00:50That was an awful throw.

00:51That was an awful catch.

00:53The quickest way to restore our species and prevent the loss of species is by getting

00:56absolutely everybody involved from all sectors, from all geographic locations, all ages.

01:03We need lots of different people with different views coming from different experiences and

01:07backgrounds.

01:10There's a whole sort of idea about rewilding yourself as well as rewilding the landscape.

01:15In the UK, our notions of the natural are at such a low ebb that it's almost hard to

01:20imagine what they could become.

01:23Can I just first of all point out that the elephant in the room is actually the elephant.

01:27I think it needs everyone together.

01:29But I am much more positive now than I was before.