The Knepp Wildland Project

1. The Knepp Wildland Project

2. Knepp in 15 min • Past - The roller-coaster ride of farming • Present - The Zen-like art of letting go • Future – Creators of disturbance

3. Knepp Estate 3,500 Acres

4. Past - The roller-coaster ride of farming • 3500 acre of marginal land – heavy bolder clay • intensive farming – 600 dairy cows; 2000 acres arable • 20 years of ups and downs

5. ….then along comes the Countryside Stewardship Scheme

6. Present • 1400 acres in a Countryside Stewardship Scheme in a park restoration project

8. Present • The vision involves the re-introduction of large grazing and browsing herbivores, either as wild animals, or domestic analogues

9. Old English Longhorns and Exmoor Ponies Tamworth Pigs Fallow Deer

10. Present • Surprisingly rapid recovery of wildlife • Enormous psychological benefits

11. Creators of Disturbance

14. Zen-like art of letting go

15. Future • Ring fence 8000 acres • Take out most internal fences • Tunnels/Land Bridges

16. Future Holistic report sponsored by ‘Natural England’ (Countryside Agency, English Nature and Defra)

17. Wildland Experience