The Lie of the Land
eBook - ePub

The Lie of the Land

Who Really Cares for the Countryside?

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eBook - ePub

The Lie of the Land

Who Really Cares for the Countryside?

About this book

WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION 2025

A WATERSTONES AND GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2024

'Both dynamite and medicine' AMY-JANE BEER

'Timely and rousing' THE TIMES

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The lie of the land: that Britain's landowners care for the countryside.

Our landowning elite are paid billions of taxpayer pounds to be good stewards. But these same landowners have carelessly trampled over our best-loved landscapes, leaving the rivers polluted, fenlands drained, and moorlands burned.

Guy Shrubsole has travelled across Britain to expose the lie and meet the communities fighting back to restore our lost landscapes. This is a bold, shared vision for our nation's wild places, and how we can treat them with the awe and care they deserve.

*Guy Shrubsole's The Lost Rainforests of Britain was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2023-04-30*

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE WESTMINSTER BOOK AWARDS*

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE UNWIN AWARD*

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Information

Publisher
William Collins
Year
2024
Topic
Biological Sciences
eBook ISBN
9780008651794
Subtopic
Agricultural Public Policy
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Note to Readers
  4. Dedication
  5. Introduction: The Lies of the Land
  6. 1 Stewards of the Earth
  7. 2 The Ultimate Trophy Asset
  8. 3 The Land for the People
  9. 4 A Public Nature Estate
  10. 5 The Great Draining
  11. 6 A Plague upon the Land
  12. 7 Nature’s Whistleblowers
  13. 8 A Sort of National Property
  14. 9 An Ecological Domesday
  15. Conclusion: A Common Treasury for All
  16. Acknowledgements
  17. List of Illustrations
  18. Endnotes
  19. Index
  20. About the Author
  21. About the Publisher

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