Peter Smith

Interesting the solution to the problems of flooding is the same for many of the problems facing Britain in the economic, housing and environmental crisis: Tax land values. This is because marginal farmland which is only farmed because of enormous taxpayer subsidies, and produces little food, will come out of production and can revert to flood plain and naturally water absorbing wild land - saving us from the flooding My press release on these issues of flooding: Beaver & Rewilding have the answer to the UK's Flooding Problem. _____________________________________________ Peter Smith, Wildwood Trust Chief Executive said: “It took the death of school children in a catastrophic flood event to shock the Dutch authorities to really tackle flooding on the Rhine; one of their answers was to stop farming on flood plain and to create a giant natural wetland, managed by wild horses, to prevent this tragedy from happening again.” _______________________________________________ ...

Copied from my local paper - a Profile of me... By Joe Bill. Photos:  Ady Kerry Wildwood Trust boss giving nature a second chance    Peter Smith looking to re-introduce British animals  European Beaver in their living quarters at Wildwood nr Canterbury, Kent, 14th January 2013. WHEN you think of the stereotypical nature enthusiast with a passion for protecting endangered species and safeguarding the natural environment, a former boxer, turned nightclub bouncer, charity chief and revolutionary economist, is unlikely to be the vision which springs to mind. Yet Peter Smith is the unorthodox man at the helm of the Wildwood Trust - a charity dedicated to the conservation and re-introduction of British wildlife. It also runs what is rapidly becoming one of the country’s most popular wildlife parks. The idea of the park is not only to educate, explained Mr Smith, but to take visitors back to a time when the UK was rich in animal species; from wolves to wil...