"'Cornerstones makes a bold, riveting and visionary case for reviving the wild species that can help us restore our living planet. This is an exciting read!'" --Patrick Barkham, author of The Butterfly Isles and Wild Child

"By concentrating on 'cornerstones', we have the potential to transform landscapes and lives. A brilliant read." --Bird Watching magazine

"Very few writers can navigate the complexities of the interconnectedness of nature and humanity, but Macdonald achieves this with skill and impact. Cornerstones paves a compelling pathway of hope, and it is as bright and brilliant as it is essential." --Sophie Pavelle, author of Forget Me Not

"It's an interesting debate and one we should have." --Simon Lester, Country Life

"This celebration of the species that anchor healthy, life-giving ecosystems is a timely reminder to recognise - and urgently protect - our common roots." --New Statesman

"A primordially fortifying book." --New Statesman

"It is ultimately a hopeful tale, and one well worth reading." --Lorraine Connolly, Country Life

"'Benedict Macdonald continues to come up with practical and effective solutions to the biodiversity crisis, with his latest book, Cornerstones.'" --Stephen Moss

"I think this is this author's best book, so far, and that makes it excellent." --Mark Avery

"Macdonald crams in evidence from a dizzying array of studies and writes with the urgency of an evangelist [...] it's exciting, convincing stuff." --Countryfile

"Macdonald's skill is in painting a big picture and communicating the benefits for all to see." --Keith Betton, Birdwatch magazine

"This book is a brave, wonderfully descriptive and immensely important diagnosis of how far the countryside has drifted." --Chris Fitch, Geographical

"From the first sentence of the introduction, I was drawn in by evocative descriptions of Nature at its best." --Lorraine Connolly, Country Life

"The author's great strength is in painting vivid pictures, helping us to imagine a possible future where we have more self-willed, wilder land." --Ian Carter, British Wildlife

"Macdonald excels in describing the who and what of rewilding. He offers fascinating tales of the ways in which animals may transform British landscapes [...] Macdonald's vision for rewilding reminds us of the potentially transformative animal lives around us. Humans could and should allow them to help restore our natural world." --Barbara J. King, Times Literary Supplement

"From this book you will uncover the important role ?'wild forces' once played, and could play again, in boosting biodiversity and restoring broken ecosystems - all described in remarkably researched detail [...] one very important book." --Rewilding Britain