Dossier
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 2012-2021
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A landscape without people can be detrimental to biodiversity
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Large herbivores can reduce fire risks
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Reversing extinction through re-wilding: the case of China’s Père David’s Deer
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Rewilding nature in the Netherlands and Europe
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Re-rooting the Dutch food system: from more to better
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Preserving Nature: Artificial Intelligence against Green Violence
Publications about rewilding
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Temperature and Rainfall Patterns Constrain the Multidimensional Rewilding of Global Forests
Advanced Science (2022), Volume: 9, Issue: 18 - ISSN 2198-3844 -
Oostvaardersplassen: A Wild Idea
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Enhancing ecological integrity while preserving ecosystem services: Constructing soft‐sediment islands in a shallow lake
Ecological Solutions and Evidence (2021), Volume: 2, Issue: 3 - ISSN 2688-8319 -
Animal Conservation in the Twenty-First Century
In: Animals in Our Midst: The Challenges of Co-existing with Animals in the Anthropocene. - Cham: Springer - ISBN: 9783030635220 - p. 27-45. -
Ecological and evolutionary dynamics of elephant rewilding
Animal Sentience (2020), Volume: 5, Issue: 28 - ISSN 2377-7478 -
Fragmentation and translocation distort the genetic landscape of ungulates: red deer in the Netherlands
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Fragmentation and Translocation Distort the Genetic Landscape of Ungulates : Red Deer in the Netherlands
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2020), Volume: 8 - ISSN 2296-701X -
Conflicts forever : Understanding the role of conflicts in conservation tourism
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): V.R. van der Duim, co-promotor(en): M. Duineveld - Wageningen: Wageningen University - ISBN: 9789463439503 -
Reality effects of conflict avoidance in rewilding and ecotourism practices–the case of Western Iberia
Journal of Ecotourism (2019), Volume: 18, Issue: 4 - ISSN 1472-4049 - p. 316-331. -
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