What is Rewilding?

I don't always agree with everything that George Monbiot says. Neither do I agree with everything about his version of rewilding. For example, his hatred of sheep, and the language he uses is as extreme as those gamekeepers working in Driven grouse shooting, who illegally kill Hen Harriers, Two wrongs do not make a right and all of that. Equivalently, a nature reserve like Chimney Meadows is not some form of "betrayal" of "true" conservation; one sort of ecosystem is as important as another, especially if it has all but disappeared. However, I think this very brief video is as good an introduction to the concept of rewilding as any.

Could the destruction of the natural world be reversed? Could our bare hills once more support a rich and thriving ecosystem, containing wolves, lynx, moose, bison, wolverines and boar? Does our wildlife still bear the marks of the great beasts that once roamed here? George Monbiot narrates an animation on the enchanting subject of rewilding