Environment Bank launches 30-year restoration and rewilding project at Castle Howard

Stuart Stone
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The Castle Howard Estate - Credit: Environment Bank
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The Castle Howard Estate - Credit: Environment Bank

Hundreds of acres of low-yielding farmland surrounding stately home to be returned to nature - yielding a projected 200 per cent uplift in biodiversity

The Environment Bank has launched a 30-year restoration and rewilding project covering 440 acres of low-yielding, difficult to farm, agricultural land at the Castle Howard Estate in North Yorkshire...

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