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 are launching Living well with wildlife: A practical guide.

We will introduce the guide and 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 will bring together different viewpoints on what coexistence means in everyday reality.

This webinar is free and open to everyone, and is particularly relevant for local decision-makers, municipality staff, protected area managers, NGOs, practitioners, policymakers, and others making coexistence work in practice.

Watch the recording of the webinar

Programme & Speakers

	Opening by Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme Nancy Ockendon, Science Manager at Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme
	Presentation 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
	Bear 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.