Webinar: living well with wildlife

A practical guide

Webinar: living well with wildlife

A practical guide

Introducing our coexistence guide

Across Europe, wildlife is returning. This comes with new questions, concerns and opportunities for the people who live alongside it.

To support municipalities, local authorities and practitioners working on the ground, Rewilding Europe and the Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme have launched Living well with wildlife: A practical guide.

You can watch the recording of the webinar in which we introduced the guide below. In the webinar you’ll hear from a range of speakers who have contributed to it or are already applying its principles in practice. From the perspective of mayors to community-led coexistence examples shared by practitioners, the webinar brings together different viewpoints on what coexistence means in everyday reality.

 


Are you supporting communities to live alongside wildlife?

Our coexistence guide helps local leaders and practitioners take practical steps towards wildlife-smart, locally grounded solutions.

Discover the guide


 

Programme & Speakers

Opening by Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme
Nancy Ockendon, Science Manager at Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme
Amy Duthie, Head of UpscalingPresentation of ‘Living well with wildlife: a practical guide’
Amy Duthie, Head of Upscaling at Rewilding Europe
The role of mayors in leading social change
Svetlana Tesic, Co-Founder Mayors of Europe
Mario - Team Leader Rewilding ApenninesBear smart communities in the Central Apennines, Italy
Mario Cipollone, Team Leader at Rewilding Apennines
The return of the wolf in Italy and the Role of “Io non ho paura del lupo” within local communities
Francesco Romito, Head of Communications at Io Non Ho Paura del Lupo
Living with carnivores and volunteer involvement in the Czech Republic
Miroslav Kutal, Scientific Advisor of the Carnivore Tracking Project
Panel discussion and Q&A
Moderated by Amy Duthie, Rewilding Europe

About the guide

Supporting communities in coexistence

Living well with wildlife: A practical guide is a practical, experience-based resource designed to help local leaders and their communities navigate the challenges and opportunities that come with wildlife returning to human landscapes. The guide is primarily made for people with responsibility in a particular place, such as mayors, municipality staff, protected area managers, and other local leaders – and also for NGOs, facilitators and practitioners who support communities in planning for coexistence.

Rather than offering one-size-fits-all solutions, the guide supports users in working through a structured, locally adaptable process.

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Contents of the guide

The guide helps the users to: 

  • Understand both wildlife behaviour and human perspectives
  • Identify who is most vulnerable or affected
  • Take preventive action
  • Respond transparently and fairly when damage occurs
  • Build longer-term dialogue, governance, and economic opportunities linked to wildlife presence

Access the guide here

Staffan Widstrand / Rewilding Europe

Locally led solutions

Drawing on real-life experience and examples from across Europe, the guide combines practical questions, actions, templates and case studies. Its strong emphasis on participation and dialogue reflects a key insight: living well with wildlife is not only an ecological challenge, but also a social one – and lasting coexistence depends on locally led solutions.

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