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Rewilding
By giving space to nature and natural processes, ecosystems can recover. Wageningen scientists are investigating the opportunities for the rewilding of areas in the Netherlands and Europe. This can be done, for example, by giving more space to rivers, improving connections between land and water, or returning large herbivores and predators to ecosystems. Rewilding can thus contribute to improved biodiversity and more wildlife, and offer solutions for the effects of climate change, such as reducing the risk of floods and wildfires.
Since 2020, Wageningen has the first special chair in Rewilding Ecology in Europe. The chair and the research have been made possible in part by NIOO-KNAW and Rewilding Europe.
News about rewilding
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New genetic tool for Asian elephant conservation management
- Wageningen University & Research and Blijdorp Zoo are developing a tool to uncover the DNA of Asian elephants in the wild. To this end, some... -
Diverse forests hold very large carbon potential
- New study estimates that natural forest recovery could capture approximately 226 Gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon, but only if we also reduce greenhouse gas... -
Arjen Buijs appointed UHD-1 on inclusive NBS governance
- As of 1 July, Dr. Arjen Buijs has been promoted to Associate Proessor-1, which also grants him promotion rights at Wageningen University. -
MSc thesis topic: From croplands to urban: land cover change in the Netherlands
- This MSc topic will use the Land Use Database of the Netherlands to investigate land use changes in the Netherlands. -
Why seagrass needs space
- Seagrass: green leaves swaying in the currents. Fish weave their way through, and sea turtles graze. They’re always on their guard, watching out...
Research on rewilding
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Narratives and perceptions of rewilding
Rewilding aims to restore ecosystem dynamics and natural processes, while reducing past and present unsustainable human influences. However, without... -
Rewilding Ecology
I aim to contribute to the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030) by studying the opportunities and impacts of ecosystem restoration by... -
Rewilding for climate and biodiversity
wildE is a Horizon2020 project proposing a multi-disciplinary research and innovation programme that addresses the climate-biodiversity nexus in tight... -
Wild Experiments
The project examined the history, politics and geographies of rewilding, which is emerging as a new paradigm for wildlife conservation. It focused on...
Publications about rewilding
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Rewilding Europe : exploring the governance of an experimental discourse and practice in European nature conservation
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Informed debate on the use of fire for peatland management means acknowledging the complexity of socio-ecological systems
Nature Conservation (2016), Volume: 16 - ISSN 1314-6947 - p. 59-77. -
Dutch new nature: (re)landscaping the Millingerwaard
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management (2016), Volume: 59, Issue: 5 - ISSN 0964-0568 - p. 808-825. -
Boundaries of the wolf and the wild : A conceptual examination of the relationship between rewilding and animal reintroduction
Restoration Ecology (2016), Volume: 24, Issue: 1 - ISSN 1061-2971 - p. 27-34. -
From “Nazi Cows” to Cosmopolitan “Ecological Engineers”: Specifying Rewilding Through a History of Heck Cattle.
Annals of the American Association of Geographers (2016), Volume: 106, Issue: 3 - ISSN 2469-4452 - p. 631-652. -
Preparing a new generation of wilderness entrepreneurs : lessons from the Erasmus Intensive Programme ‘European Wilderness Entrepreneurship’ 2013
In: Rewilding European Landscapes - Cham: Springer - ISBN: 9783319120386 - p. 191-204. -
Boekbespreking: Het oerrund, een levende legende
Zeldzaam huisdier (2014), Volume: 39, Issue: 3 - ISSN 0929-905X - p. 20-21. -
Experiments with the wild at the Oostvaardersplassen
Ecos (2014), Volume: 35, Issue: 3/4 - ISSN 0143-9073 - p. 44-52. -
Wild experiments at the Oostvaardersplassen: rethinking environmentalism in the Anthropocene
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (2014), Volume: 39, Issue: 2 - ISSN 0020-2754 - p. 169-181. -
The Socio-Political Conceptualization of Serengeti Landscapes in Europe: The Case of Western-Iberia