…such as natural grazing.   The overall goal of the hamster reintroduction programme is to establish a stable population of the species in the area. Maxim Yakovlev / Rewilding Europe…

As the modern-day equivalent of the long extinct auroch, the Tauros can revitalise many natural processes. Staffan Widstrand   What we’re missing We are missing wild bovines. No living cattle…

…Reserve (Ukraine) and Verde e Moldova. “This project will see the reflooding of former polders, reconnection of lakes with the Danube and restoration of islands, all combined with natural grazing…

…give us a valuable new revenue stream, but allow us to explain the role of natural grazing in rewilding, and the positive impact of rewilding interventions in the landscape.”  …

…boosted natural grazing and helped to attract tourists. Staffan Widstrand / Rewilding Europe In the second half of the twentieth century, Kartal Lake was isolated by a system of dykes…

…rare and globally threatened species such as the aquatic warbler, great snipe, black-tailed godwit and common redshank. Without natural grazing by herbivores such as horses, these meadows eventually become overgrown…

…more by natural processes, such as natural grazing and scavenging. Marking the occasion During the LIFE Vultures festival around 100 children took part in creative and educational workshops. Georgi Chakarov…

…an open, mosaic and woodland condition as a result of grazing. Yet rising levels of land abandonment, leading to a reduction in livestock numbers, mean that low-intensity grazing is increasingly…

…grazing animals in open spaces and strips in the forest, act as natural firebreaks. This role of large herbivores was taken over during the last millennia by domesticated livestock. Until…

…wildlife, while reintroduced herbivores now need no supplementary feeding due to the increased availability of natural grazing. “With the river now flowing freely, this project has proven that ecological river…