Wildlands: Restoring Life on Earth

by Benedict Macdonald

From the WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON CONSERVATION
FROM THE WINNER OF THE RICHARD JEFFERIES SOCIETY

PRAISE FOR
'splendid' --The Guardian
'visionary' --New Statesman


This book reveals what nature can truly look like on our planet, in its most chaotic, unbridled forms. It takes you to wildernesses so improbable, so ancient, that you could scarcely invent them, and reveals what happens when ecosystems are allowed to function - and remarkable animals left alone to shape them.

It will take you deep into the world's most raucous places; grasslands where cheetahs and hyenas still battle under starlight; waters, where rivers run solid with salmon, and jungles where shrews make friends with plants. It reveals places untouched, as yet, by man, in biomes that predate our existence by millions of years.

Join naturalist Benedict MacDonald on a journey deep into places that remind us of what nature can be, how rich our planet once was, and how humans - at their best - can restore the great abundance of the world.

Kindle Edition

Expected publication February 18, 2027

About the author

I'm a conservation writer, producer in wildlife television, and naturalist, passionate about restoring Britain's wildlife, pelicans very much included, in my lifetime. In television I have worked on projects for the BBC, ITV, Netflix and Apple. Sir David Attenborough's Our Planet (Netflix), a series I worked on for three years, was awarded two Emmy's in 2019. As a writer I am the author of Rebirding and co-author of Orchard. My third book, Cornerstones, was released in July 2022.