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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:01.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(birds chirping}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.87,0:00:06.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{lion growling)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.99,0:00:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(birds chirping}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.04,0:00:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (guitar music) ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.37,0:00:14.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rewilding means reversing\Nthe destruction of the natural world
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.40,0:00:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and attempting\Na mass restoration of ecosystems.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.72,0:00:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(sound of bulldozer passing)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.30,0:00:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(birds chirping)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.33,0:00:26.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (guitar music) ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.09,0:00:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is it that trees\Nare so amazingly resilient
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.16,0:00:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you can smash them,\Nyou can twist them and splinter them,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.12,0:00:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they still come bounding back?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.12,0:00:37.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And why is it that understory trees
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.18,0:00:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like box and holly and yew\Nare so much tougher
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.54,0:00:43.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the big trees like oak and beech\Nand ash in the forest canopy?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.35,0:00:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (guitar music) ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.67,0:00:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the same answer applies to both,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.46,0:00:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is elephants.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.68,0:00:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does that sound crazy? I'm sure it does,\Nbut elephants were everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.74,0:00:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (guitar music) ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.07,0:00:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our ecosystem was dominated\Nby giant, straight-tusked elephants,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.94,0:01:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if trees could not resist them,\Nthey would be wiped out.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.76,0:01:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (guitar music) ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.26,0:01:06.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the elephants in Britain,\Nthey were driven out
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.59,0:01:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the ice into the southern Europe,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.28,0:01:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they persisted there\Ntill about forty thousand years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.58,0:01:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So did rhinos and hippos.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.38,0:01:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lions and hyenas lasted much longer.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.23,0:01:19.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they were all eventually\Nwiped out by human hunters.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.89,0:01:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (guitar music) ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.16,0:01:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live in a shadow land, in a dim,\Nflattened relic of what there once was.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.30,0:01:33.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(sheep bleating)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.31,0:01:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And rewilding offers us\Nthis fantastic opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.73,0:01:41.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to start restoring systems\Nor allowing them to restore themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.48,0:01:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see it as reintroducing\Nmissing plants and animals,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.66,0:01:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then stepping back\Nand letting nature get on with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.50,0:01:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (guitar music) ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.01,0:02:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One estimate suggests\Nthat between 2000 and 2030,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.74,0:02:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around 30 million hectares of land\Nwill be vacated by farmers
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.36,0:02:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (guitar music) ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.71,0:02:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's an area the size of Poland.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.74,0:02:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (guitar music) ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.44,0:02:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So maybe, we're being a bit unambitious
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.97,0:02:14.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we're talking about\Njust wolves and lynx and bison
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.69,0:02:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and boar and beavers, which\Nare already spreading fast across Europe.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.96,0:02:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(various animal sounds)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.08,0:02:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps we should also\Nbe thinking about bringing back
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.60,0:02:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the lost megafauna.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.75,0:02:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems to me that rewilding
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.18,0:02:27.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,offers us more than just\Nthe restoration of the ecosystem.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.86,0:02:31.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It brings back into our lives\Na lot of thrill and wonder
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.89,0:02:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and enchantment.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.70,0:02:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And wouldn't it be amazing if everybody\Nhad a Serengeti on their doorstep?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.97,0:02:39.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (guitar music) ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.47,0:02:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rewilding the ecosystem
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.23,0:02:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,offers us a chance\Nto rewild our own lives as well.