Tag: SCOTLAND The Big Picture

227: Rewilding At the Edge with Peter Cairns

A moss-covered ancient woodland with gnarled, twisted trees lining a narrow winding footpath through a lush green forest floor scattered with moss-draped boulders and ferns.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/795d58DQqJ6KaJ4hkT5qLB What has shifted in rewilding over the past five years? Why do recovery of species like lynx, beavers and wolves trigger reactions that go far beyond the animals themselves? And what is the real obstacle to bringing lynx back to Scotland, the ecology, the bureaucracy, or something much harder to name? In this episode, … Continue reading 227: Rewilding At the Edge with Peter Cairns →

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture | Podcasthon 2026

A sweeping highland valley landscape with a rocky stream winding through the glen, flanked by purple heather, green shrubs, and young Scots pine trees, with rolling brown hills and mountains receding into a cloudy blue sky in the background.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6vPSsOXJ1f6XZtR1Y9P3TO What does it take to bring wild nature back to a country that has forgotten what it looks like? Can rewilding truly benefit local communities and rural economies or does it come at their expense? And is Scotland really thirty years behind the rest of Europe when it comes to restoring its landscapes? This … Continue reading SCOTLAND: The Big Picture | Podcasthon 2026 →