Human influence extends across the globe, from the tallest mountains to the deep bottom of
the oceans. There is a growing call for nature to be protected from the negative impacts of …

The vision of rewilding is to return ecosystems to a “natural” or “self-willed” state with trophic
complexity, dispersal (and connectivity) and stochastic disturbance in place. The concept is …

CONTEXT Agricultural intensification is a major cause of biodiversity loss. Biodiversity
conservation and restoration generally involve human intervention. In comparison …

Rewilding is a restoration strategy that aims to return anthropogenic ecosystems to a “self-
organized” state, by reinstating trophic complexity through disturbance (eg predation …

There is rapidly increasing interest in rewilding as an alternative to conventional, more
human-controlled approaches to biological conservation and nature management (Donlan …

The recovery of many populations of large carnivores and herbivores in major parts of
Europe and North America offers ecosystem services and opportunities for sustainable …

Rewilding is positioned as 'post'-conservation through its emphasis on unleashing the
autonomy of natural processes. In this paper, we argue that the autonomy of nature rhetoric …

Academic interest in rewilding is moving from commentary to discussion on future research
agendas. The quality of rewilding research design will be enhanced if it is informed by …

Rewilding means returning a non-wild area back to the wild. It implies a reduction or
cessation of human control in favour of allowing nature to take care of itself. The concept …

Trophic rewilding that reintroduces large animals into landscapes to re-establish food web
interactions and restore biodiverse ecosystems has gained widespread attention. Despite …