At Rewilding Europe, we want to demonstrate rewilding at scale. By amplifying access to land, our new Rewilding Land Facility will help us to realise this ambition.

Supported by a grant from Rewilding Europe’s European Wildlife Comeback Fund, four male European bison have been translocated from Poland to Dutch rewilding sites. By enhancing the genetic diversity of bison populations in the Netherlands, the animals will help to secure a healthy future for this iconic and ecologically important species across the continent.

“The Central Apennines: A Story of Co-existence” – a beautiful short film by award-winning French filmmaker Emmanuel Rondeau – is the fifth episode in the Wilder Europe series. Featuring interviews with a range of passionate and dedicated people, it shows how rewilding efforts in Italy’s Central Apennine mountains are helping communities and wild nature thrive together.

A three-year study in Portugal’s Greater Côa Valley has shown that grazing by free-roaming, semi-wild horses can help to reduce the risk of wildfire outbreaks and enhance biodiversity in Mediterranean landscapes. It has also highlighted the fact that when groups of different herbivores graze the same landscapes, this may be even more effective at reducing fire risk.

The Oder Delta became Rewilding Europe’s eighth rewilding landscape in 2015. Over the last 10 years, trans-boundary rewilding efforts have restored natural processes and supported wildlife comeback here on a growing scale, offering hope of a brighter future for nature and people living in the landscape.

Located in southeast France, the spectacular Dauphiné Alps are the latest addition to Rewilding Europe’s growing rewilding landscape portfolio. In collaboration with a broad coalition of local partners, rewilding efforts will build on the remarkable recovery of wild nature here, further enhancing biodiversity and delivering wide-ranging benefits for people and climate.

In 2024, Rewilding Europe stepped up its efforts to advance nature recovery across Europe, in collaboration with partners, stakeholders, and supporters. Our latest Annual Review, which celebrates a highly rewarding year of progress, shows how rewilding is harnessing the power of nature to deliver a European continent where people and nature thrive together.

By scaling up wildlife-smart communities across Europe, we can support wildlife comeback and take co-existence to the next level.

In the Rhodope Mountains rewilding landscape in Bulgaria, a series of captivating bus stop murals are showcasing local wildlife and inspiring people to support nature recovery.

Today, rewilding efforts are breathing new life into the Ukrainian Danube Delta. By immersing soldiers and their families in the landscape’s resurgent nature, a pioneering initiative is now helping people heal too.