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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Guiding principles for rewilding
Conservation Biology, Volume 35, No. 6, Year 2021
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There has been much recent interest in the concept of rewilding as a tool for nature conservation, but also confusion over the idea, which has limited its utility. We developed a unifying definition and 10 guiding principles for rewilding through a survey of 59 rewilding experts, a summary of key organizations’ rewilding visions, and workshops involving over 100 participants from around the world. The guiding principles convey that rewilding exits on a continuum of scale, connectivity, and level of human influence and aims to restore ecosystem structure and functions to achieve a self-sustaining autonomous nature. These principles clarify the concept of rewilding and improve its effectiveness as a tool to achieve global conservation targets, including those of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Finally, we suggest differences in rewilding perspectives lie largely in the extent to which it is seen as achievable and in specific interventions. An understanding of the context of rewilding projects is the key to success, and careful site-specific interpretations will help achieve the aims of rewilding. © 2021 The Authors. Conservation Biology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Conservation Biology
Authors & Co-Authors
Carver, Steve J.
United Kingdom, Leeds
University of Leeds
Beyers, Rene L.
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Edwards, Stephen R.
Switzerland, Gland
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Nelson, Cara R.
United States, Missoula
University of Montana
Gann, George D.
United States, Washington
Society for Ecological Restoration
Andrade, Ángela
Switzerland, Gland
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Colombia, Bogota
Conservation International Colombia
Ripple, William J.
United States, Corvallis
Oregon State University
Sinclair, Anthony R.E.
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Svenning, Jens Christian
Denmark, Aarhus
Aarhus Universitet
Wynne-Jones, Sophie
United Kingdom, Bangor
Bangor University
Stanley-Price, Mark R.
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Navarro, Laetitia M.
Germany, Leipzig
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Idiv Halle-jena-leipzig
Germany, Halle
Martin-luther-universität Halle-wittenberg
Statistics
Citations: 50
Authors: 12
Affiliations: 19
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/cobi.13730
ISSN:
08888892
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative