Throughout Europe, rewilding is already delivering tangible outcomes for individuals, nature, and local weather. Over the following 12 months, larger and bolder actions can amplify rewilding’s optimistic influence.
Daniel Allen
Bolder steps
In 2024, Rewilding Europe stepped up efforts to advance nature restoration throughout Europe – in collaboration with companions, stakeholders, and supporters – as we labored in the direction of the goals set out in our Technique for 2030. An outline of our key outcomes , put collectively on the finish of the final 12 months, showcases the scope and influence of our actions. Our need for 2025 is to take even bolder steps to speed up the scaling up of rewilding and the advantages it delivers, and to assist others do the identical.
A massively numerous vary of interventions are deliberate throughout our increasing rewilding panorama portfolio this 12 months – from the translocation and launch of keystone wildlife species resembling European bison, cinereous vultures, and Przewalski’s horses, to the restoration of rivers, forests and different kinds of panorama, which can assist the pure comeback of wildlife. These measures can be complemented by efforts to develop nature-based economies and amplify engagement with rewilding. We’ve set bold targets to considerably improve the realm being rewilded, scaling as much as a whole bunch of 1000’s of hectares the place pure processes are given the house to form land and sea.
Neil Aldridge
Shaping tomorrow’s wild
By giving nature the house and capability to heal itself, rewilding is one of the simplest ways to concurrently deal with local weather breakdown, improve biodiversity, and ship a extra habitable and affluent world – each now and within the years to return. Rewilding gives a hopeful new imaginative and prescient for restoring our pure world within the 21st century, with an inspirational message that’s capturing hearts and minds on an ever-increasing scale. It gives hope of a future the place individuals and nature can thrive alongside one another.
As we transfer into 2025, now’s the time to really feel energised and excited by the upward trajectory of the European rewilding motion, with a burgeoning variety of rewilding initiatives taking nature restoration to the following degree throughout the continent.
Jon A. Juarez / Rewilding Europe
Delivering game-changing influence
It’s now 14 years since Rewilding Europe was based. Whereas our organisation has advanced massively since 2011, our mission stays the identical – to display the advantages of wilder nature by way of the rewilding of numerous European landscapes, and to encourage and allow others to interact in rewilding by offering instruments and sensible expertise. We’re dedicated to scaling up rewilding throughout Europe and finishing up impactful actions that ship tangible advantages for individuals, nature, and local weather.
Now’s the time to assume huge and seize the alternatives that we’ve got to improve nature and ship game-changing influence. Alternatives to rediscover and reconnect with wild nature to enhance our personal well being and well-being. Alternatives to future-proof nature in opposition to our altering local weather, by enhancing the well being, resilience, and connectivity of pure ecosystems. And alternatives to remodel the outlook for individuals, communities, and companies by guaranteeing the return of wilder nature delivers sustainable jobs and revenue.
Ivo Danchev
Causes to be optimistic
For the useful influence of nature restoration to be actually transformational, rewilding must be practised at a far bigger scale than it’s right now, each on land and within the sea. Waiting for the following 12 months, there are various causes to be optimistic about this scaling up course of.
The European continent already boasts an array of wondrous wild locations and iconic wildlife species of all styles and sizes. At the moment, many of those species are making a comeback of their very own accord, displaying that wildlife can and can return if we give it the house. European insurance policies are more and more supportive of nature restoration, with the Nature Restoration Regulation’s binding targets for EU Member States now in drive – and attainable with rewilding enjoying a key function. And there’s enormous potential for Europe’s intensive community of protected areas to develop into wilder and higher related, which is one thing Rewilding Europe is working in the direction of, in partnership with the EUROPARC Federation.
Emmanuel Rondeau
Be part of us
No matter age or background, everybody can play a job in scaling up rewilding and nature restoration throughout Europe. In case you are impressed by the considered a wilder, higher tomorrow – and are eager to start your personal rewilding journey in 2025 – be part of us right now. As Rewilding Europe works to make our continent a wilder place, we’re at all times seeking to collaborate with conservation organisations, public or non-public establishments, foundations, corporations, and personal people. From extra wildlife to wilder lives, let’s supercharge nature restoration in Europe collectively.
