REWILDING IS
ALREADY WORKING BOTH AMBITIOUS & REALISTIC PRACTICAL HOPE ANCHORED IN SCIENCE MOBILISING THE POWER OF NATURE
We’re Turning the Tide for Nature, Climate & People.Restoring Functional Nature for All.
NATURE’S HEALING POWER UNLEASHED:
SECURING A STABLE & HOPEFUL FUTURE
The Global Rewilding Alliance is a worldwide organisation working with rewilders on every continent to help nature heal itself and secure a thriving future for people, nature and planet.
By initiating the comeback of numerous wildlife species and working hand-in-hand with indigenous and local communities, rewilding is restoring healthy ecosystems. These functional ecosystems capture vast amounts of carbon, provide fresh air and clean water, and stabilise extreme weather - they are vital to our prosperity, survival, and security.
Rewilding provides practical hope based on real, positive action.
Nature possesses the incredible ability to rebound, but it does need our help! Organisations, environmental scientists, policymakers, businesses and citizens, this is our call to unite to create a rich, diverse, resilient world.
WHAT'S NEW?
Recent highlights from the world of Global Rewilding...
Rewilding In Action: Wetlands & Other Thematic Focused Work For Global Impact
We are connecting partners around key rewilding themes such as Wetlands, Rangelands and Climate, as well as advocacy targets like the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
By aligning our efforts globally, we amplify our collective impact, influencing global awareness, policies, and decisions that ultimately shape national and local rewilding agendas.
IUCN launches Global Guidelines for Rewilding – a Paradigm Shift in Global Conservation
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has released its groundbreaking “Guidelines for Rewilding”, a landmark document offering guidance for implementing rewilding projects worldwide. Developed by the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM) and its Rewilding Thematic Group, this document represents a historic milestone for global conservation — one that places rewilding at the center of the world’s nature recovery agenda. These Guidelines will undoubtedly catalyse greater recognition and engagement from governments, international institutions, and practitioners worldwide, as the global rewilding movement stands ready to scale up its impact.
Credits: Mlharing from Getty Images
Cohabiting Earth: Seeking a Bright Future for All Life
In this short interview, Joe Gray and Eileen Crist talk to us about a recently published book that they co-edited: Cohabiting Earth: Seeking a Bright Future for All Life (SUNY Press, Nov 2024). Cohabiting Earth offers a positive new identity for humanity which envisions a path of harmony between humanity and Earth. A collection of writing from 23 different authors is combined with the message that there is no ‘human versus nature’; the wellbeing of both is inseparably entwined.
Photo credit: H.Bieser from pixabay
THE GLOBAL REWILDING ALLIANCE, AS SEEN IN...
Our research is taking the world by storm, making it clear that we can stabilise the climate and create positive change in which both people and nature thrive. Rewilding is the powerful, proactive, and inspiring solution we all need.
This may be the most important scientific study I’ve ever read
Glenn Horowitz - Mighty Earth
Rewilding Superpowers
Capturing carbon & mitigating climate change in an effective & cheap way
Rebuilding natural resilience against floods, droughts, wildfires & alien species
Reducing the risks of pandemics like COVID-19
Enhancing ecosystem services for clean water, fresh air, and thriving landscapes
Are You Ready to Rewild?
Listen to Malaika Vaz of Untamed Planet talk about the growing global rewilding movement in this short inspirational video
WE ARE THE GLOBAL REWILDING ALLIANCE
Together, since 2021, our alliance partners are influencing the rewilding of approaching
2.2 million square kilometers of land (that's almost half the size of the USA) and 5 million square kilometers of sea.
(Figures updated October 2025)
Alliance Partners
Countries involved
Sq.km of land
Sq.km of sea
GLOBAL REWILDING ALLIANCE PARTNERS
Terrestrial and Marine
45
Partners
in North America
68
Partners
in Europe
41
Partners
in Asia
38
Partners in
Central & South America
43
Partners
in Africa
4
Partners
in the
Middle East
15
Partners
in Oceana
+27
Global / Multi-Continent Partners
REWILDING
is about restoring the web of life from cities to the wildest places on the planet, by taking the long-term view, and embracing natural solutions to environmental, social and economic challenges
How to be a rewilder
We all have a part to play, here’s what you can do:
- I’m a rewilding organisation
Become an Alliance Partner and learn from our global network of rewilders. More... - I’m a scientist
Be a part of a growing movement of scientists influencing the state of the Earth. More... - I’m a policymaker
Discover how rewilding is a key solution to climate change and reducing biodiversity loss. More... - I’m a business
Learn how your business can be a part of the solution and help rewild the world. More... - I’m a citizen
Be a supporter of the rewilding movement wherever you are in the world. More...
PROTECT.RESTORE.REWILD.
WE HAVE 2 GOALS
Mainstreaming rewilding
We are dedicated to translating science into policy and best practice globally. Our goal is for everyone, everywhere, to recognize rewilding as a beautiful, inspiring, hopeful, and most importantly proactive proven solution.
We are building a global movement
Restoring nature’s balance is only possible when supported by people. The Global Rewilding Alliance is a driving force, mobilizing the wordwide rewilding community and uniting people to restore Earth's wild spaces, stabilise the climate, combat mass extinctions, and mitigate the risk of future pandemics.
AND 4 WAYS TO MAKE THEM HAPPEN
1
We Gather Evidence
Safeguarding biodiversity is an essential act to sustain life as we know it. We advance the rewilding movement with world-class science, evidence, and ideas proving that rewilding needs to be at the centre of environmental policy and action.
2
We Advocate For Change
Based on our strong scientific evidence and increased public support, we influence policy and call for the restoration of wildlife populations to be included as a key nature-based solution.
4
We Inspire Communities
We raise awareness on rewilding and share practical hope for everyone. We invite people everywhere to understand rewilding and to participate in this inspiring movement.
3
We Accelerate Rewilders’ Journeys
We build partnerships with organisations and local communities to create the movement for rewilding and ecological restoration. We support our Alliance Partners by helping them connect to one another, learn from each other and work together towards shared goals.
Which feeds back into the first stage, gathering evidence to advance the rewilding movement. And so the cycle continues.
Restoring wildlife and whole ecosystems to reinstate the life-supporting functions of nature. This has the potential to draw down vast amounts of carbon, stabilise the climate and create the better future we all dream of.
WILD STORIES:
A selection of recent articles from the GRA blog
Itombwe Génération pour l’Humanité: Saving our Wildlife and Forests
Itombwe Génération pour l’Humanité is a community-powered NGO in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Itombwe Mountains, dedicated to preserving this critical biodiversity hotspot. Operating within the Albertine Rift, they champions a holistic model intertwining nature and people. Their work includes anti-poaching patrols (clearing over 26,000 snares), community-led reforestation (planting 1.24 million native tree seedlings), and protecting endangered species like the Grauer’s Gorilla and Chimpanzee. They also improve livelihoods for over 2,600 households through programs like coffee agroforestry and livestock farming, easing reliance on illegal activities like bushmeat and mining.
Credit – IGH
Bright Green Nature: Rewilding Landscapes, Reconnecting Communities
Bright Green Nature (BGN), is an Alliance Partner based in Scotland, focused on rewilding landscapes and reconnecting communities with nature. Their main ecological projects include Restoring Wetlands using historic maps and Reintroducing natural processes through native grazing with Angus cattle and Exmoor ponies. BGN also fosters community engagement through programs like “Wild Your Space” microgrants, a Garden Tool Library, Outdoor learning, and Youth Programmes. Their work is rooted in partnership and supports a vision of a wilder, healthier Scotland.
Credit: Bright Green Nature
Endangered Wildlife Trust: Restoration and protection for shared resilience
The rewilding success story of the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT). EWT has been paving the way for large-scale and connected rewilding across Southern and Eastern Africa; we want to take a moment to spotlight the work of this inspiring and longstanding Alliance Partner. Dive into the work across their 9 priority Strategic Conservation Landscapes as well as their guiding Future Fit Strategy 2025-2050.
Credit: Endangered Wildlife Trust.
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