Disturbance events, such as wildfires and floods are increasing in frequency and impact largely due to our changing climate. This can frustrate the benefits of rewilding in some cases but it can also provide opportunities for rewilding and nature to help with adapting European ecosystems and landscapes. This session will draw on our understanding of how disturbances can enable and accommodate rewilding and how rewilding can in turn help reduce risks of catastrophic disturbances.
- A biodiverse Europe requires rewilded disturbance regimes (Robert Buitenwerf, Sean Pang, Wanben Wu & Jens-Christian Svenning)
- Restoring fire regimes through rewilding (Lluis Brotons, Lluís Brotons, Ella Plumanns-Pouton, Tristan R.M. Bakx, Robert Buitenwerf, Josep Maria Espelta, Francisco Moreira, Adrian Regos, Miriam Selwyn)
- How can we accommodate rewilding and disturbances in landscape management: a synthesis (Josep Maria Espelta, Rodrigo Balaguer-Romano, Miquel de Caceres, Ella Plumanns-Pouton, Miriam Selwyn & Lluis Brotons)