Definitions

• Rewilding is a form of restoration ecology: With the restoration of ecosystem processes, often through the introduction of functional species
• Aims to create conditions for ecosystems to recover
• But not return to a specific template associated with past baselines
• Create conditions for self willed ecosystems of wildness, which is the autonomy of natural processes, versus wilderness
• Restoring networks of interactions between communities of organisms and their physical environment, along with the ecological processes that emerge from those interactions
• A goal of rewilding is to release landscapes from engineered structures and agricultural inputs so that the variety and abundance of ecospaces reappear
• Explores role of animals in global nutrient cycling (eg animal digestion increases decomposition of organic matter)
  • Concept of nutrient arteries - organisms are the nutrients they distribute
• Rewilding is a process of becoming, innovation and recovery

General info and Groups

• Rewilding Europe https://rewildingeurope.com/ and the European Wildlife Bank
• Rewilding successes https://rewilding.ecologicalcitizen.net/
• Last Wild places and American prairie reserve https://www.americanprairie.org/project/national-geographic-names-reserve-last-wild-place
• Uk - https://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk and their info https://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/explore-rewilding/where-can-you-rewild/rewilding-and-conservation
• Nordic Rewilding: Snowchange https://www.landscaperewilding.org/
• Consultancy: http://www.ecosulis.co.uk/ (services of asset assessment, monitoring, biodiversity strategy
• Movie https://www.theserengetirules.com/
• Scholarly article https://science.sciencemag.org/content/364/6438/eaav5570.editor-summary
• Isabella Tree Wilding book https://www.isabellatree.com/