…have joined forces to protect and increase the biodiversity in this area through rewilding. Release of semi-wild Garrano horses Frans Schepers / Rewilding Europe “Natural grazing is an important ecological…

…in our landscapes and beyond. Natural grazing with large herbivores will be advanced as a key natural process, following the outcomes and recommendations of the EU GrazeLIFE initiative (co-funded by…

…enhancing natural grazing with large herbivores to create highly biodiverse mosaic landscapes, and supporting non-intervention management with local partners and authorities. Support for the European Wildlife Comeback Fund will see…

…range of other co-benefits, such as increased biodiversity, clean air, and better health and wellbeing in rural communities.   Low intensity natural grazing by animals such as water buffalo (pictured…

…particular the release of more European bison in the Southern Carpathians in Romania, as well as further extension of natural grazing and wildlife populations in the Velebit Mountain in Croatia….

…are a keystone species, helping to create biodiversity-rich, half-open, half-wooded landscapes through their grazing and browsing. In addition, their reintroduction in the Rhodopes is helping to enhance local food chains,…

…deer and chamois in breeding centres. Natural grazing in Nature Park Beremytske, Ukraine The most eastern ERN member, Nature park Beremytske in Ukraine, is one of the first rewilding initiatives…

…natural processes that have been lost or weakened. In many areas of Spain where livestock have disappeared as a result of such depopulation, the decline in grazing has seen the…

…the achievements of the natural grazing project in Lika Plains. It also presents the ongoing efforts of Rewilding Europe, Rewilding Velebit and the Forestry Faculty of the University of Zagreb…

…carbon cycle in myriad ways. Herbivores – such as wild horses, European bison and Tauros – affect the exchange of carbon between ecosystems and the atmosphere through their grazing, by…