…Depending on the species, this can be achieved through the promotion of natural comebacks, active reintroductions, and through introductions of proxies for extinct species.   Legal obligations to restore Europe’s…

…natural grazing. Aukje van Gerven Participants of the natural grazing training visited the Millingerwaard, where natural grazing is already taking place for 30 years. Aukje van Gerven   A productive…

…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,…

…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…

…works to recover and enhance natural processes, such as natural grazing, predation and scavenging. Restoring these processes often requires the reintroduction and restocking of missing or degraded wildlife populations. This,…

…a number of key questions. How can rewilding protect and enhance wild nature through activities such as river restoration, human-wildlife coexistence, and nature-based solutions such as natural grazing? What socio-economic…

…ten-year anniversary – looks at how rewilding has enhanced natural grazing in many European landscapes over the last decade.   Efforts to boost natural grazing across Europe have given rise…

…are also reintroducing steppe marmots and fallow deer onto the Tarutino Steppe – this will also help to restore local food webs and boost natural grazing. Local residents are set…

…concluded with a framework for natural grazing best practices going forward, and a call for governments across Europe to do more to support and facilitate natural grazing.   Barriers to…

…in March outlining how European policies – particularly the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) – could better support extensive grazing (where low-density livestock populations feed on natural vegetation). The…