Graze Expectations – how Knepp’s animals capture carbon

About this episode

Isabella discusses with her daughter Nancy Burrell the impact of Knepp's rewilding efforts on carbon capture and climate change.

For many people, rewilding is a one-trick pony – it’s great for restoring nature and wildlife, but does it do anything for climate change? In this episode, Isabella asks her daughter Nancy Burrell about her doctorate research at Knepp and the astonishing findings that are changing how rewilding is valued as a mechanism for storing carbon. Join them as they wander through the scrubland at Knepp, visiting the sites where Nancy and her team excavated 270 trees, roots and all, to measure how much...

People in this episode

Host: Isabella

Guest: Nancy Burrell

Topics covered

• rewilding
• climate change
• carbon storage
• biodiversity
• research

Keywords

• rewilding
• Knepp
• carbon capture
• climate change
• biodiversity
• research
• nature

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Knepp

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