The evidence is clear:
we need rewilding –
The Global Rewilding Alliance works to put rewilding at the centre of environmental talks and actions. This is why we are commissioning, convening, and publishing top-class science on the importance of rewilding.
Our scientific research is now showing that restoring wildlife populations to significant, near historic levels has the potential to supercharge climate mitigation, facilitating carbon capture up to 12 times and reducing emissions by billions of tonnes annually.
This is called: “Animating the Carbon Cycle (ACC)” and it is rivaling the top 5 mitigation measures proposed by the IPCC.
Our research published in Nature Climate Change is among the top 5% most impactful scientific papers on Altmetric.
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Rewilding Research
Animating the Carbon Cycle
This 2022 report introduces the idea that rewilding animal species can play a central role in addressing the climate crisis by enabling whole ecosystems to draw down vast amounts of carbon. It’s an accessibly written, long version of the more scientific papers shared here.
Scientific paper in Nature Climate Change, March 2023
This seminal paper draws together the evidence from subjects experts on the carbon impact of rewilding nine animal species to near historic levels. It’s already in the top 5% of academic papers on the Altmetric impact tool, showing the level of interest in this new idea.
Rewilding, a serious candidate for stabilising the global climate
An accessible briefing for busy people, summarising the main ideas of the longer papers shown opposite.
Nature Climate Change paper takes the world by storm: Impact report
This 2-page report summarises the impact of this seminal paper, showing how it has been published worldwide in 70+ outlets and translated into many languages.
The Global Rewliding Alliance is working with a variety of experts to systematically compile, review and share the evidence on the benefits of rewilding. The first results of this will be available in January 2024. Watch this space, sign up to receive updates, and connect with us on your preferred social-media platform, where we will share the news.
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Our research has been published in 70 mainstream outlets, 50 countries and translated in 12 languages. Find out more here…
This really is game-changing research and adds to the plethora of supporting research, that evidences that trophic rewilding offers great hope as a nature-based climate solution.
Meet 9 climate heroes
Top scientific journal Nature Climate Change published for the first time how rewilding 9 animal species (or groups of species) can transform the ability of ecosystems to absorb carbon, and facilitate global climate mitigation.
Having these nine species on our team is key to achieving our most ambitious climate goals. And this is just the beginning, more animals are proving to be climate heroes! Nature offers us a “no-tech” alternative that is effective, economical, and available to scale up right now!
Tap or hover over each of them to find out how they’re helping!
Sea Otters
Musk Oxen
African Forest Elephants
Sharks
Sharks maintain balance in marine ecosystems by controlling prey populations, enabling seagrass meadows to thrive. Seagrass captures carbon rapidly, making sharks essential in reducing CO2 levels in oceans and promoting a healthier marine environment.
Whales
Ocean Fish
Grey Wolves
American Bison
Wildebeest
Rewilding is regarded as the most natural and cost-effective natural climate solution addressing simultaneously biodiversity degradation and climate change in an integrated manner.
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