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Cornerstones

Wild Forces That Can Change Our World

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 Bloomsbury presents Cornerstones by Benedict Macdonald, read by Joshua Picton.

FINALIST IN THE PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2022/2023 – WRITTEN BY THE WAINWRIGHT-CONSERVATION-PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF REBIRDING.

Transform your understanding of the natural world forever and discover the wild forces that once supported Britain’s extraordinary natural riches, and could again.

Our precious archipelago is ravaged by climate change, bereft of natural ecosystems and lies at the mercy of global warming, flooding, drought and catastrophic biodiversity loss. But could restoring species that once helped protect our islands help turn this crisis around?

From familiar yet imperilled honeybees and ancient oak woods to returning natives like beavers and boars, Britain’s cornerstone species may hold the key to recovering our biodiversity on land and in our seas.

In Cornerstones, we discover how beavers craft wetlands, save fish, encourage otters, and prevent rivers from flooding. We learn how ‘disruptive’ boars are seasoned butterfly conservationists, why whales are crucial for restoring seabird cities and how wolves and lynx could save our trees, help sequester carbon and protect our most threatened birds.

Benedict Macdonald transforms our understanding of the natural world forever, revealing lives that once supported extraordinary natural riches and explaining how humans – the most important cornerstone species of all – can become the greatest stewards of the natural world.©2022 Benedict Macdonald (P)2022 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Animals Biological Sciences Ecology Environment Nature & Ecology Outdoors & Nature Science Conservation
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I found this book tought provoking and surprisingly optimistic. It is filled with knowledge and brilliant examples of great work of giving nature a chance to recover. Strongly recommend.

Worth a close listen or a careful read

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Great , Factual and insitefull...
if only the world could be read this brilliant Book.

A must read....

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Very interesting and insightful. Its great that we now have the understanding of how these cornerstone species impact the food chain and world overall. I learned a lot from this book and I'd like to listen through again at some point in the future also.

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All three of B MacDonald’s books are amazing. Must reads for those who care about nature

Does it again

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We have what we have is it unthinkable to return to what we have lost

A book that must be read

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