An Irish Atlantic Rainforest (an inspiring rewilding story)

An Irish Atlantic Rainforest is an award-winning book, by a man who rewilded a 73-acre farm he bought, on the Beara peninsula.

This is a story more of doing nothing than taking action – allowing natural ecosystems to return and thrive without interference, an in doing so, heal an ailing planet.

We all know that the Amazon rainforest is important, but there are also other rainforests in Indonesia and the Arctic. But did you know that England and Ireland have rainforests too?

The Amazon rainforest is mostly in Brazil, but also spreads across other countries: Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela).

This forest is the ‘lungs of the planet’ (due to giving out so much oxygen from trees), and is home to a third of the world’s species, and tens of thousands of species of plants and trees.

It’s also home to many native tribes, who have never met humans. So going into their territory could harm them (they could die from a common cold, due to no immunity).