A TV presenter who has spent 25 years reporting on the science and environment is to give a talk in Oswestry this week as he launches a new book.
Tom Heap, a presenter on BBC TV's Countryfile as well as Radio 4's new Rare Earth series and the anchor of The Climate Show on Sky News, has been touring the British countryside meeting the farmers, scientists, conservationists and even warehouse managers who are solving the most pressing challenges facing our countryside and the world.
Mr Heap told the Shropshire Star: “The book is really about how we use our land cleverly in an era where land is used for other things such as storing carbon, space for nature, energy, water storage for times of flooding, recreation et cetera.He says from talking to dozens of landowners, farmers and even energy producers, his book explains how various methods are being tried to make better use of our land.
“We have to be careful in what changes we make. There is no point in having glorious spaces here if we destroy the savannahs of Africa or the tropical rainforests elsewhere. “Using land for crops to burn such as bio fuels is something I am really down on. It is an inefficient use of land. If you want to make energy from land, put a solar panel on it. That may be controversial but you get at least 50 times the energy from land than any crop. Overseas, because of our demand, we are killing orangutans for diesel.
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