Picture credit: Fundacion Cerro Guido Conservacion, Chile – Encouraging a respectful coexistence between human activity and wildlife in an environment home to emblematic species such as the Puma
A global movement united for the restoration of nature
By 2019, rewilding had reached a turning point. Gaining momentum worldwide, there was a clear need for a unifying global vision and an umbrella to connect rewilders across continents and move the movement forward together.
This led to the creation of the Global Charter for Rewilding the Earth, setting out 12 guiding principles that define rewilding and what makes it distinct.
In 2021, the Global Rewilding Alliance was founded to bring these efforts together, strengthen global collaboration and mainstream rewilding as a response to the intertwined climate, biodiversity, and social crises.
Are you ready to rewild?
Listen to Malaika Vaz of Untamed Planet talk about the growing global rewilding movement in this short inspirational video
3 Pillars of our strategy
Connecting rewilders and communicating their work
Understanding & sharing the benefits of rewilding
Influencing policy change
At the Global Rewilding Alliance, our mission is to see rewilding mainstreamed in science, policy, and practice and bringing ecosystems around the world back into balance, in a thriving state for wildlife and local communities.
The 5 stages of the Rewilding Movement
The rewilding movement is built on solid foundations and continues to grow. Today, we are preparing to scale and getting ready for exponential impact!
Invention
1990s
Rewilding was conceived as a bold new idea, challenging conventional conservation by reimagining how nature could recover at meaningful scales.
Experimentation
2000s & 2010s
Rewilders around the world began testing these ideas in practice, learning through hands-on projects that letting nature lead could deliver powerful results.
Preparing for Global Scaling
With proven successes, shared principles, and a growing global network, the movement is now poised for rapid expansion and coordinated impact.
Scaling
Next Decade
Rewilding scales through policy, finance, and institutions, enabling ambitious goals like 30×30 and large-scale land and ocean recovery to become reality.
Mainstreaming
Rewilding becomes a widely accepted, central approach to human wellbeing and planetary resilience, shaping how societies coexist with nature.
As part of our scaling strategy, we support the emergence of national rewilding organisations, helping to establish legal foundations, build early teams, and lay the groundwork for long-term impact. This work is already taking shape in several regions around the world.
Discover the 12 guiding principles that define rewilding and our approach.
If you would like to participate in the impactful work, learn more about how you can support us.
Global sustainability
Reports & Reviews
2025: World Rewilding Day Impact Report
In 2025, the ‘Rewilding Together’ campaign was our most impactful yet. A surge in global participation, meaningful announcements, and local-to-global storytelling resonated far beyond our usual circles. It marked a powerful moment of global unity, celebration, and momentum-building for the rewilding movement.
2024: A year of consolidation
Explore some of the important achievements of 2024 in terms of recognition, outreach, science, policy & advocacy, and in the field through the network. Delve into our 2024 milestones relating to Network Development, Rewilding Science, Policy Advocacy and Mainstreaming Rewilding.
2024: The Global Rewilding Collective Impact Report
World’s first attempt to summarise the collective impact of the global rewilding movement
2024: World Rewilding Day Impact Report
Behind rewilding is a powerful and realistic vision, a vision of active hope: We can live in a rich, diverse, beautiful, abundant and resilient world with rebounding wildlife thriving in whole, healthy, recovering ecosystems. Huge numbers of rewilders are making it a reality.
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Whether you are a rewilding practitioner, dedicated decision-maker or curious individual, we invite you to stay up to date with our movement.
