Image: Assessing rewilding potential in the United Kingdom The UK is one of the world’s most nature-depleted countries, with 71% of the land area being managed for agriculture.
Image: What can society gain from rewilding and what are the costs? Welfare economics is a branch of economics that considers the costs and benefits of an action or change for society.
Image: Modelling the complex realities of rewilding As part of the wildE project, researchers Almut Arneth and Mark Rounsevell are employing advanced ecosystem and land-use change modelling techniques.
Image: The Nature Futures Framework: Developing a positive future for people and nature The Nature Futures Framework (NFF) was introduced to develop positive nature-people scenarios for the future.
Image: Rewilding in the areas surrounding Portugal’s Sabor river The area surrounding the Sabor river was one of various regions which experienced significant environmental changes as a result of these state policie
Image: Rewilding the Ruhr: Recovering abandoned industrial sites in western Germany The Ruhrgebiet is a core, densely populated area of this agglomeration with a long industrial history.
Image: What is the role of disturbance in rewilding? Rewilding, which focuses on the restoration of three important ecological processes: disturbance, trophic complexity, and dispersal (or connectivity).
Image: Rewilding Together: How three rewilding projects have joined forces to enhance nature recovery in Europe At the wildE project, we are collaborating with two other EU funded rewilding projects: WILDCARD and REWRITE.
Image: Understanding the impacts of rewilding on biodiversity and bird communities Shifting land use patterns have led to increased forest cover, often altering bird assemblages.
Image: Assessing rewilding’s influence on ecosystem resilience to disturbances Rewilding interventions generally enhance ecosystem resilience to various disturbances.
Image: How a forestry company is renaturalising peatland forests in Ireland Peatlands are valuable natural habitats and serve as important carbon sinks.
Image: Conceptualising and applying an integrated framework for biodiversity, climate and society Our new climate-smart rewilding framework integrates biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation and mitigation and socio-economic factors.