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...
NEW - JULY 2025
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
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
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 July 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
64
Partners
in Europe
34
Partners
in Asia
37
Partners in
Central & South America
39
Partners
in Africa
4
Partners
in the
Middle East
15
Partners
in Oceana
+26
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
Continental Rewilding: How Australian Wildlife Conservancy is Healing Country
Across Australia’s sweeping deserts, ancient savannas, and misty mountain forests. From the Top End to temperate bushland, our new Alliance Partner Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC), is lighting a hopeful path for Australian wildlife—and they’re doing it with science, scale and soul. Collectively, AWC is contributing to conservation outcomes across approximately 1.7% of Australia. Whether tracking elusive mammals with camera traps, tagging birds, or mapping plant communities, AWC’s science team ensures that every hectare protected and every species restored is part of a broader ecological story.
Credits: Australian Wildlife Conservancy
Finding common ground: the case of pastoralism and rewilding
Progress toward big challenges, like protecting rangelands and the pastoralists who use them, can be strengthened by finding partners who share common ground. In this co-authored article, we propose that pastoralism and conservation communities join forces to protect the large landscapes through which abundant wildlife and nomadic pastoralists have migrated since time immemorial.
Photo credit: Zeynep Sude Emek from Pexels.
West African Conservation Network: Guardians of the Region’s Wild Heritage
The West African Conservation Network (WACN), our newest Alliance Partner, was born from a strong urge to restore West Africa’s vibrant biodiversity. On landscapes where the Nigerian Giraffe, the Roan Antelope, the African Forest and the African Savanna Elephant once roamed, WACN blends scientific rigor, community empowerment, strong governmental partnerships and bold on-the-ground action. Their mission is to ensure the survival of iconic species like the West African Lions, the West African Hartebeest, Ostriches, Elephants, and Waterbucks while restoring the thriving ecosystems that once was West Africa—sustaining both wildlife and local communities. We are happy to welcome them into the Alliance!
Credits: Neil Bowman from Getty Images
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