How do you go from wannabe truck magnate to campaigner for rewilding in Scotland, with a brief to bring back the lynx? That's what Peter Cairns has done, and for this episode he talks about the evolution that has made Scotland: The Big Picture a major part of the conservation landscape in Scotland.

Find out what he thinks about:

• Whether rewilding is a useful term
• What gang small landowners with a conservation bent can join
• His neighbours in the giant Cairngorms Connect nature restoration project
• Why this small organisation is going big on bringing back the lynx
• How you monetise nature recovery - is it just vulgar?!

... and get some clues about a major new interconnected landscape-scale renaturing project in the west Highlands after Peter lets slip a wee secret.

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