Making Europe a Wilder Place

A pioneering approach to nature recovery

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Hans Koster

Making Europe a Wilder Place

A pioneering approach to nature recovery

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World Rewilding Day 2023

March 20 | Share #RewildingHOPE

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World Rewilding Day 2023

March 20 | Share #RewildingHOPE

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Making Europe a Wilder Place

Learn why we trust nature to manage itself

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Sandra Bartocha / Wild Wonders of Europe

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Making Europe a Wilder Place

Be inspired by Europe’s wildlife comeback

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Jari Peltomäki / Wild Wonders of Europe

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See how rewilding can boost local economies

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JUAN CARLOS MUÑOZ

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News Blog

New paper presents solutions for scaling up rewilding

March 24, 2023
Restoring the world’s wildlife populations through rewilding would deliver a huge range of benefits to people and nature. While there are many challenges to the scaling up of such rewilding, a newly published paper outlines measures that might help to overcome them.
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First European Wildlife Comeback Fund grant sees Eurasian lynx released in northwest Poland

March 21, 2023
The aim of the recently established European Wildlife Comeback Fund is to scale up wildlife reintroduction and population reinforcement across Europe. The fund's first grant has just enabled the release of two juvenile Eurasian lynx in Western Pomerania, enhancing the genetic diversity of the area's existing lynx population.
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World Rewilding Day 2023 celebrates the hopeful message of nature recovery

March 20, 2023
Today, rewilding is inspiring an ever-growing number of people to support and practice nature recovery. With the theme #RewildingHope, this year's World Rewilding Day focuses on rewilding's beneficial impact and uplifting vision.
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The art of rewilding: an interview with Jeroen Helmer

February 28, 2023
We caught up with illustrator Jeroen Helmer to learn more about the background, workflow, and motivations of this uniquely gifted artist and committed rewilder.
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Out of Africa: an interview with Rewilding Spain Team Leader Pablo Schapira

February 20, 2023
With significant experience in African conservation, Rewilding Spain team leader Pablo Schapira is the ideal person to take rewilding forwards in the Iberian Highlands.
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Wide-ranging events build local engagement in the Central Apennines

January 18, 2023
A diverse event calendar saw the Rewilding Apennines team engage with a wide range of people and local communities in 2022, helping to promote rewilding. Their efforts are driving the rewilding movement forward, with real momentum going into 2023.
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EXPLORE OUR REWILDING LANDSCAPES

We are selecting large pioneering areas in Europe, where we are working with our local partners to make our vision a reality.
We hope this provides inspiration for hundreds of other rewilding initiatives, all across the continent.

Rewilding impact stories

The European rewilding movement has come a long way since Rewilding Europe was founded in 2011.
A series of  feature stories examines how the impact of rewilding has grown over the last decade.

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