Ben Goldsmith

Republican politicians blocking the recovery of America’s national icon, the American bison, are not true conservatives

These are big government cronyists of the kind they claim to abhor

May 17 • Ben Goldsmith

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March 2026

I went with African Parks to Chad!

African Parks is perhaps most important and effective rewilding organisation in Africa today. How lucky I've been getting to visit two vast parks they…

Mar 6 • Ben Goldsmith

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November 2025

Colombia’s Cocaine Hippos

Invasive species or valuable Pleistocene proxy?

Nov 22, 2025 • Ben Goldsmith

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June 2025

The state of nature in Britain should cause farming at least a moment's reflection

At the exact moment farming finds itself most in need of our support, farmers are finding the love and the loyalty they have enjoyed for decades…

Jun 8, 2025 • Ben Goldsmith

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May 2025

Is Labour really waging war on nature?

Rumoured slashing of environmental protections, and both the flagship Environmental Land Management and Biodiversity Net Gain schemes are genuinely…

May 29, 2025 • Ben Goldsmith

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January 2025

Why won't the British government legalise beaver reintroduction?

Why is it that one incoming government after the next promises to legitimise beavers, which would be a hugely popular move, only to backtrack furiously…

Jan 28, 2025 • Ben Goldsmith

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Scotland's missing lynx

The strange appearance of a family of Eurasian lynx in the Highlands of Scotland raises an important question about just why these elusive creatures…

Jan 11, 2025 • Ben Goldsmith

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October 2024

Rewilding London!

... and weaving nature back through the fabric of all cities

Oct 31, 2024 • Ben Goldsmith

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May 2024

Rewilding the World

How an evening spent nose-deep in World Cement magazine spurred me to launch my Rewilding the World podcast series.

May 22, 2024 • Ben Goldsmith

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March 2024

Finding harmony with wolves

For centuries, human hatred of wolves has been obsessional. Only when we learn to co-exist peacefully with these remarkable, vital animals will we…

Mar 24, 2024 • Ben Goldsmith

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February 2024

Reimagining the Somerset Levels

The Somerset Levels, the birthplace of England, ought to be our Camargue. But this fabled landscape has been desecrated beyond all recognition. Now, at…

Feb 24, 2024 • Ben Goldsmith

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