Standing under the sweeping curves of Melbourne’s Forward Surge sculpture, Jon Hazelwood points a tablet at the ground and a wild garden springs to life underfoot. Barren grass is replaced by layers of plants and colourful flowers on the screen—a visualisation of what will be a mammoth urban garden, home to everything from the blue…

Up to half-a-million acres of the Scottish Highlands are in line for rewilding following the launch of a project. The 30-year scheme by Highland charity Trees For Life, with funding from the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, would create a vast nature recovery area—Affric Highlands—connecting Loch Ness to Scotland’s west coast. It was officially welcomed by Rewilding…