Wildlife-smart communities: helping nature and people thrive together
By scaling up wildlife-smart communities across Europe, we can support wildlife comeback and take co-existence to the next level.
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.
Are you curious about rewilding? Do you want to learn how to actively help nature recovery in your own way? Rewilding Europe’s brand new free online rewilding course – which can be signed up to today – will empower you with rewilding knowledge and practical insights necessary to amplify nature recovery, regardless of age, background, or career.
The removal of dams and other barriers is one of the best ways to rewild rivers and enhance the benefits they deliver to people and nature. Dam Removal Europe’s latest progress report – which reveals a record number of dams were removed from European rivers in 2024 – shows the European dam removal movement continuing to gather pace.
Rewilding Europe is excited to introduce Wilder Places – a new travel booking platform in the making. As part of Rewilding Europe’s commitment to scaling up rewilding tourism, Wilder Places will soon offer nature-loving travellers meaningful, impactful experiences across our thriving rewilding landscapes. Sign up now to stay informed.
Rewilding Europe has signed a new partnership agreement with Spanish NGO GREFA. The partners will continue to work together to scale up the reintroduction of vultures and other keystone bird species across Europe, delivering wide-ranging benefits for nature and people.
The renaming of the Nordic Taiga rewilding landscape ushers in an exciting new chapter for rewilding in northern Sweden. The change emphasises Rewilding Sweden’s commitment to revitalise natural processes, support wildlife comeback, and forge deeper connections between people and nature.
Rewilding Affric Highlands has just launched in Scotland as a new entity. Complemented by a new website, the rewilding team will continue efforts to revitalise the Affric Highlands landscape and its communities, delivering benefits for nature, climate, and people on a growing scale.
Over the past six years, multi-partner rewilding efforts have supported the recovery of endangered Dalmatian pelican populations across southeastern Europe. Coordinated by Rewilding Europe and supported by the European Commission, the “Pelican Way of LIFE” initiative has secured a brighter future for this majestic bird and emphasised the importance of wetland restoration.