Rewilding: four tips to let nature thrive
By studying where rewilding has worked well around the world, we’ve worked out the dos and don'ts.
By studying where rewilding has worked well around the world, we’ve worked out the dos and don'ts.
Restoring natural ecosystems doesn’t have to mean looking back to the past.
You need to already know what a rewilded landscape should look like, in order to generate a convincing image of one.
Rewilding is considered one of the crazier ideas in contemporary conservation. The idea of resurrecting woolly mammoths and setting them loose in Siberia and the American Great Plains or lions roaming…
A decade of no grazing has demonstrated positive effects on the richness of bird species.
Yellowstone’s reintroduced wolves have become a famous conservation success story, but the reality is far messier.
A reserve near Amsterdam lost many wild cattle and deer over the tough winter, leading to public protests. Yet this was a failure of Dutch politics rather than rewilding itself.
Introducing white storks to England could help more people engage with nature.
Done properly, rewilded landscapes are more fire-resistant.
Restoring Britain’s woodlands and peatlands isn’t just a utopian dream.