Heaven forbid that "scrub" (ie regenerating woodland) should be allowed to return to our treasured wet deserts. And thank goodness the BBC is on hand to warn us about this terrible threat. https://twitter.com/BBCCountryfile/status/1348631062918868993
It's quite right, though. Without repeated grazing by sheep, the denuded, eroded landscape you can see in this photo would revert to natural vegetation, which in the Lakes is temperate rainforest. Perhaps @BBCCountryfile could explain why that's a bad thing?
Allowing the land to rewild would create habitats for a wide range of species and draw down carbon. Recovery starts with bracken and "scrub", then continues through ecological succession towards rainforest.
If the BBC were any keener on sheep, it would be illegal.
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