BELGIUM - The mythical wolf is back in Belgium. So are the eagle owl and the raven. The seal and the beaver. The tropical tree frog. Even the mysterious lynx. And who knows, soon the iconic brown bear? The list is impressive.
Why are these wild animals returning to our country and what does that say about our natural environment, journalist Paul Cobbaert asks. He talks to biologists, wildlife workers, policy makers and activists. This book is not a scientific treatise, but a vessel of stories. About the last wolf and King Leopold I, about Nazis and raccoons, about angry farmers and hunters, about the blood-curdling comeback of the beaver, and much more.
Wild Land also, and above all, wants to show the beauty of our own wildlife. In words and images. The book contains nearly two hundred photographs that the author has taken in our nature over the past few years. We do not have to go to exotic places to see fascinating animals. Even more: from now on you can go on safari in your own country, in search of our own Big Five ...
Foto: © Paul Cobbaert
BOOK
- Wild Land, de terugkeer van wilde dieren
ISBN: 9789464369946
Verschijningsdatum: April 2023
Aantal pagina's: 240p
Uitgeverij Ertsberg
EXHIBITION
- Wild Land, Bibliotheek Beernem, 06/06/2025.
PRESS
- Op stap met journalist en natuurfotograaf Paul Cobbaert, De Morgen, 22/04/2023.
- "Ik sta versteld van de schoonheid in eigen natuur", De Zondag, 23/04/2023.
- Hoe ons land opnieuw wilde dieren herbergt,Radio 1, Voorproevers, 13/05/2023.
- De natuur zal zich op termijn wel redden, maar de mens niet, Knack, 17/06/2023.
- Paul Cobbaert wint cultuurprijs Koekelaere en viert cultuur en gemeenschapszin,Westnieuws.be, 28/01/2024.
AWARD
COUNTRY
- Belgium
