Saiga Antelope herd. Photo credit: Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative, Rob FieldRangelands cover more than half of the Earth's land surface, underpinning food systems, livelihoods, biodiversity, and climate regulation worldwide. Yet many are no longer functioning as...
Tulips in the desert. Credit: Albert Salemgareyev.Can you imagine a future that you want to live in? The future is shaped by the choices we make today. Rewilding is a hopeful, practical global movement restoring nature while creating jobs, reducing floods and fires,...
Brown Bear. Credit: Grégoire DuboisThe 12 Principles of Rewilding are a global framework for restoring ecosystems by working with nature and communities. Rooted in interconnectedness, hope, and collaboration, the principles guide practice to heal degraded lands and...
Credit: Turgut Kirkgoz from PexelsOn World Wetlands Day, 2nd February 2026, the Global Rewilding Alliance launches the three-year Wetlands Action Plan; a continent-wide, practical framework to embed rewilding, and the functional role of wildlife, into wetland policy,...
Credits: Mlharing from Getty Images IUCN’s new Guidelines for Rewilding mark a global milestone, recognising rewilding as a core pathway for nature recovery and sustainable development. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has released its...
Hamelin Pool Coast, WA, Australia - Copyright: Ben Parkhurst, All rights reserved Successful and ambitious rewilding at scale necessitates that we collaborate and support each other at a global level. In this article, we outline why the work of Bush Heritage -...
Written by Chloe Eckert and Magnus Sylvén Marc Stalmas. Photo Credit: The Gorongosa Project It is with profound sadness that we remember Dr. Marc Stalmans, who passed away on August 30th at the age of 66. As Science Director of Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park,...
Photo credit: Higorwood from Getty Images. Successful and ambitious rewilding at scale necessitates that we work proactively with private landowners. Yet how, exactly, to engage is less clear. Jennifer Gooden, CEO of Biophilia Foundation, explores principles drawn...
An article by Swathi Palanichamy. Photo credit: CreativeNature_nl from Getty Images. Ever wondered why companies go out of their way to save endangered species or build bridges to boost habitat connectivity? What do they get out of it? Positive publicity by showing...
Photo credit: Ivan Mikhaylov from Getty Images In early autumn, the GRA joined the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People (HAC) as an official supporter. HAC is a leading, intergovernmental group of 119 countries united by a shared ambition to implement the...
Photo credit: Michael Studinger from NASA CC0 Images Let’s seize the momentThe world has become global. People are more interconnected and consciously in the same boat as ever before. Earth’s citizens are probably more in agreement on positions important to their life...
Photo credit: Fernando Quevedo Rewilding is a timely, systemic and fundamental approach. To understand its relevance it is worthwhile to understand the context within which rewilding takes place and to not ignore the key driver behind many problems that we face.50...
Terai Arc Landscape, Nepal. Photo credit: UNEP, 2023; Todd BrownThe UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is a global initiative aimed at protecting and revitalising ecosystems worldwide for the benefit of both people and nature. Its goal is to stop ecosystem degradation...
New IUCN Paper – Guiding Principles for Rewilding The co-chairs of the IUCN CEM Rewilding Thematic Group (RTG) along with 30 leading rewilding experts have published a paper in Conservation Biology on “Guiding Principles for Rewilding”. Ten basic principles are...