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The Unseen World

To be aware of the wonders of the living planet is to take on an unbearable burden of grief

This is the question everyone should be attending to – where is the food going to come from?

Rewilding, hillwalking and the extraordinary history of these islands.

The remarkable decline in violence between humans suggests that we could also restrain our violence against the planet.

Why does the Welsh government propose this gratuitous act of destruction? It refuses to say.

New insights from the deep past should transform the way we work with forests.

The destruction of some of the last of the huge animals that shaped us inflicts a great wound in our lives.

The interactions between wildlife and the physical planet are more complex and fascinating than we could ever have imagined.

We are pre-tuned to the natural world; wired to respond to nature.

Pointless, joyless consumption is destroying our world of wonders.

Some speculations about one of the most extraordinary mammals to have roamed the Earth.

New research suggests there was no state of grace: for two million years humankind has been the natural world’s nemesis.

De-extinction sounds like a great idea. But there’s a problem most people have overlooked.

Robert MacFarlane interviews George Monbiot about rewilding.

A mass restoration of ecosystems offers us hope where there was little hope before.

2012 was the worst year for the environment in living memory.

A debate with Paul Kingsnorth

Why is it still acceptable to eat the endangered large predators of the sea?

Not Enough Fish in the Sea We need omega-3 oils for our brains to function properly. But where will they come from?