num_pages: 256
description: 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.
language: English
title: Cornerstones: wild forces that can change our world
publisher: Bloomsbury Wildlife