Must-read species recovery book

Large mammals, such as Rhinos, often possess traits rendering them at particularly high risk of decline to extinction due to humanity.

They reproduce infrequently, spend extended periods caring for their young, usually live a long time and need lots of space.

As natural ecosystem engineers they can be boisterous and difficult to live with when they venture into farmland.

But we can live alongside them, and they can recover in numbers if they’re given space and peace.

This wonderful book by Eric Dinerstein provides a compelling case study of successful large mammal species recovery. The Return of the Unicorns addresses research and conservation efforts for the Greater One Horned Rhinoceros, the one of the three Asian Rhinos that is actually relatively well-off. The book addresses the conservation of other large mammals too - Asian Elephants, Gaur, Banteng, Asian Water Buffalo - and offers lessons for what we might do across Europe to recover out own large mammal populations.

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I’ve recorded a short video about this book below: