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Very exciting to be here. But im trying to understand what has happened to this land of yours, because when you arrived here, this was an intensively farmed land, wasnt it . It was. My husband, charlie, inherited it from his grandparents when he was in his early 20s, and this was back in the 1980s. And every inch of the land was ploughed, it was producing arable crops and dairy. And we fully expected to be farmers for the rest of our lives. Mm. 17 years on, we were £1. 5 million in debt, tearing our hair out and realised that, you know, this is very marginal land. Were walking on 320 metres o...

ah, well, it's actually still, for me, very exciting to be here. but i'm trying to understand what has happened to this land of yours, because when you arrived here, this was an intensively farmed land, wasn't it? it was. my husband, charlie, inherited it from his grandparents when he was in his early 20s, and this was back in the 1980s. and every inch of the land was ploughed, it was producing arable crops and dairy. and we fully expected to be farmers for the rest of our lives. mm. 17 years on, we were £1.5 million in debt, tearing our hair out, and realised that, you know, this i...

So we have to really look at this really seriously. the great american biologist, e0 wilson, said that if we are going to support biodiversity, and this is what our own species depends on, then we have to devote 50% of terrestrial landmass to nature. so we've got to take this really seriously. right. without wishing to be personal in any way, you come at this as somebody with the privilege of owning a very substantial chunk of land, coming from a particular background, which, let us be honest, is one of comfort and privilege. do you think there is anything indulgent about what you and your hus...

Wilson one of the world's leading naturalists and conservationists, who's died aged 92. wilson was an award—winning biologist and professor at harvard and duke universities and earned the nickname of the natural heir to charles darwin. let's remember his legacy with close friend steven pinker, cognitive scientist at harvard university. thank you very much for your time. that's quite a title to carry around, the natural heir to darwin. what made him so special? he to darwin. what made him so secial? . , to darwin. what made him so secial? .,, ., , , , special? he was a superb biologist _ spec...

This is bbc news, our top stories. america's leading health body halves the isolation period for patients with asymptomatic covid, from ten days to five. france gets tougher on covid restrictions — working from home becomes compulsory, as infection rates exceed 100,000 a day. heavy snow batters the us western states leaving thousands without power and causing travel chaos. tributes to the ant man, e0 wilson — one of the world's leading comservationists dies aged 92. as hollywood box—office takings continue to tumble,we ask if it's because of covid, the films or the movie—goers themselv...