Europe’s protected areas have long played a vital role protecting wildlife and habitats. Building on this legacy, the Wilder Parks initiative will harness the power of rewilding to take this work a step further — giving natural processes more space and freedom to restore ecosystems and amplifying the benefits they provide for nature, climate, and people.

The rewilding of protected areas could take nature recovery in Europe to the next level. There are a range of measures they could employ to become wilder.