Forest First Samithi has spent the last 15 years healing the degraded habitats of India’s Western Ghats. The team’s work on uprooting invasive species from the Kabini river catchment had tremendous benefits: native grasslands have reestablished, Elephants and Gaur have returned, 184 bird species have been recorded, and soil moisture increased by 35%. At the heart of this success is a deep, reciprocal partnership with local indigenous tribal communities, creating a scalable blueprint for rewilding.

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Livingseas Foundation is a community-driven organisation based in Bali, Indonesia, focused on large-scale coral reef restoration and ocean education. The foundation has planted over 300,000 corals with a 98% early survival rate, leading to the return of diverse marine life including reef sharks, turtles, dolphins, and barracudas. Livingseas connects thousands of local youth, students, and visitors to hands-on reef restoration, demonstrating how community engagement, science, and persistence can drive rapid marine ecosystem recovery.

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Akae Conservancy is Colombia’s largest private protected area. Formerly cattle ranchland, Akae was transformed by a family-led decision to protect nature, highlighting the growing role of private and family stewardship in global rewilding efforts. The reserve protects rivers and wetlands that hosts exceptional biodiversity, including Jaguars, Pumas, Ocelots, Giant Anteaters, and over 250 bird species.

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ReefWatch Marine Conservation, based in India, has been working since 1993 to protect and restore coastal and ocean ecosystems. ReefWatch restores coral reefs, rescues and rehabilitates sea turtles and cetaceans while generating critical ocean health data. Complementing this, ReefWatch’s Ghost Net Retrieval and buy-back programs prevent plastic pollution by partnering with fishing communities and promoting circular economy solutions.

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Antarctic Rights is pioneering the vision to recognise Antarctica and the surrounding Southern Ocean as a living entity with intrinsic legal rights. This initiative addresses a governance gap, which currently lacks direct representation for the Antarctic ecosystem, extending the global Nature Rights movement to the only continent without sovereign ownership. By promoting guardianship, they are strengthening cross-continental guardianship of Antarctica’s critical ecosystems and climate-regulating functions.

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Wild Africa pioneers locally-led storytelling to protect Africa’s wildlife and wild spaces. Through billboards, radio, TV, social media, music, and public service campaigns, Wild Africa amplifies African voices to shift attitudes, influence behaviour, and reduce threats in support of Africa’s wildlife. Wild Africa demonstrates how communication and cultural connection can inspire coexistence between people and nature across the continent.

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Marine Conservation Cambodia is protecting Cambodia’s southern coastal ecosystems, leading action since 2008. They combine science, community leadership, and policy action to restore marine habitats, reduce illegal fishing, and support sustainable fisheries. Their work includes protecting endangered Irrawaddy Dolphins and critically endangered Dugongs, establishing Cambodia’s first Marine Fisheries Management Area, and much more.

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The Global Rewilding Alliance welcomes Naturefuture, a platform for amplifying funding for conservation across India. Their digital platform serves as a bridge that connects corporations and philanthropists with diligently vetted NGOs working for nature recovery. Through funding matchmaking, and beyond, their team is dedicated to the scaling of longlasting, impactful restoration of India’s unique wildlife and ecosystems.

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The Inga Foundation promotes Inga Alley Cropping as a sustainable alternative to ‘Slash and Burn’ agriculture, which destroys tropical rainforests. This revolutionary method integrates fast-growing, nitrogen-fixing Inga trees into farmland, with crops like maize grown in the alleys. The Inga trees are soil-healing superheroes that enrich the land, naturally suppress weeds, and provide clean firewood. This approach offers farmers economic resilience while allowing deforested land to recover. The flagship project in Honduras supports 600 families, has transformed 2,400 hectares, and sequestered and avoided over a million tons of CO2, proving that human needs and nature recovery can be met simultaneously.

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Belmont Estate is dedicated to restoring biodiversity and combating climate change across three UK sites. Originating from one family’s wish to reconnect with nature, the main estate uses natural grazing with cattle and ponies to create diverse habitats and a resilient landscape. A standout project is Watercress Farm, transformed from degraded land into a wetland paradise through rewetting, benefiting over 2,420 species and mitigating flooding. In Scotland, the estate is rewilding on a grand scale to support iconic species and enhance carbon sequestration through peatlands and forests. Belmont emphasizes education, community engagement, and collaboration to promote a wild and abundant future.

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Affric Highlands is leading the UK’s largest rewilding project, transforming 200,000 hectares of the Scottish Highlands. The community-led initiative seeks to reverse centuries of deforestation and overgrazing by restoring a resilient mosaic of native woodlands, scrublands, and peatlands, supporting the regeneration of native trees and iconic species like Red Squirrels and Black Grouse. A key feature is a scientific collaboration, including tracking GPS-collared red deer, to balance wildlife management with woodland recovery. The project builds trust through voluntary partnerships with landowners and engages the local community via citizen science, and the support of nature-based economies.

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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.

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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.

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Sekakoh is dedicated to safeguarding the Cameroon’s rich biodiversity under the motto, “Living in Harmony with Nature.” They operate in vital landscapes like Kom Forest, Bénoué National Park, and Ebo Forest, protecting endangered species such as the Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee and Kordofan giraffe. Sekakoh blends community involvement, data collection, and strong partnerships to uplift both people and wildlife, restoring hope for Cameroon’s threatened ecosystems. We are proud to have them in our Alliance.

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Inspired by a single elephant, the Eden to Addo Corridor Initiative aims to create a vital 400km conservation corridor. Located in South Africa, this ambitious project seeks to link the protected areas from the Garden Route’s Eden to the Addo Elephant National Park, ensuring safe passage for wildlife and promoting biodiversity across a significant landscape. A powerful example of rewilding through ecological connectivity and habitat preservation, we are proud to welcome Eden to Addo to our Alliance.

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Dhun is a pioneering, regenerative neighbourhood in arid Jaipur, India. It transformed 500 barren acres into a biodiverse, water-positive habitat. Restoring water, planting 300,000+ trees, Dhun dedicates over 70% of its land as green zones, focuses on community wellbeing, is India’s first real estate B-Corp and a globally recognized, replicable model for drylands worldwide. We are delighted to welcome them to our Alliance.

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Phillip Island Nature Parks, a new Alliance Partner located in Australia, is dedicated to a successful community-led rewilding effort focused on healing the island’s biodiversity and “keeping Country strong,” as described by the Traditional Owners, the Bunurong. This ambitious project aims to restore lost ecological functions by reintroducing key wildlife species, and forging deep partnership with local communities, ensuring that the healing of the land honors deep connections between people and place.

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Tucked into ancient woodlands, Wildwood Trust celebrates Britain’s wild heritage—past, present and future. Stroll along their winding woodland paths and you’ll meet an incredible cast of characters. The Wildwood Trust cares for more than 200 native animals across its sites located in Kent and Devon. Many people visit these sites to reconnect with nature and our native species. By kindling a passion for wildlife, Wildwood Trust motivates our sense of responsibility to safeguard it.

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The Global Rewilding Alliance has grown to a strong network of over 250 organisations that are restoring nature across the globe. This week, we are delighted to welcome Apis Arborea, who are championing the rewilding of wild honeybees—our vital, hardworking pollinators—by restoring their natural habitats and self-willed ecological processes. They bridge science, ethics, and biomimicry to rehabilitate wild honeybee populations while reimagining of human-honeybee coexistence rooted in reciprocity and ecological wisdom.

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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