March 20th, 2026
Video credits: Rewilding Britain, illustrations by Jeroen Helmer
EVERY DAY:
WE CHOOSE OUR FUTURE
Choose life. Join rewilding. It works.
A positive future is already in the making.
In a time dominated by crisis, uncertainty and anxiety, a different, powerful narrative is emerging: we can create a hopeful future. Rewilding is one of the ways we get there.
Across the world, people of all walks of life turn rewilder. They restore ecosystems and bring back life and beauty to the places we love and rely on to stay healthy. These real, measurable changes are already shaping our future that is thriving, diverse, and resilient.
Every year on March 20, the solar equinox, we come together to celebrate World Rewilding Day.
A global moment to recognise the growing rewilding movement and the future we are actively creating.
This year is about choice
A positive future is not something we wait for: it is something we choose, and something we are already building.
Join Rewilding on March 20th.
#ChooseOurFuture
We’ve been to the future. Nature thrives.
Credits: Mossy Earth, Rebuilding Thriving Coral Reefs in Nusa Penida, Indonesia
Mark your calendar:
March 20th, 2026 is World Rewilding Day!
World Rewilding Day is a key moment to demonstrate the global presence, relevance, and momentum of the rewilding movement, showing the world what rewilding looks like in action.
By taking part, as an organisation or a citizen, you contribute to a powerful, unified narrative: one where hope is grounded in evidence, and a thriving future is already being built.
When we show up together, our impact is amplified,
and our movement becomes impossible to ignore.
Follow World Rewilding Day
@globalrewildingalliance
#WorldRewildingdDay #ChooseOurFuture #WorldRewildingDay2026
This is the future we are actively choosing
Rewilding organisations and citizens alike are already contributing to our thriving wild future.
Credits: Island Conservation
Turn on sound to hear the full effect!
Just one year after Sooty Terns’ nesting sites were cleared of invasive species by our partner Island Conservation on this atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, life is buzzing again! Nature rebounds if we allow her to, often faster than we imagine.
Credits: Affric Highlands
In March 2025, Rewilding Britain reported an average increase in jobs of 124% across 65 different rewilding sites in England and Wales since rewilding started.
Rapa Nui is rekindling their ancient connection with marine life thanks to a 720,000 sq.km of Marine Protected Area, witnessing the largest whale sightings in living memory!
Credits: Marcus Westberg / Rewilding Europe
Where semi-wild Sorraia horses graze in Portugal’s Greater Côa Valley rewilding landscape, the spread of a recent wildfire was slowed.
Within a year of de-damming the Klamath river, salmon restored their old migrations for the first time in 100 years.
Credits: Rewilding Chile
Rewilding Chile is restoring the iconic guanaco. With space to roam across the Route of Parks of Patagonia, covering one third of the country and over 90% of its protected land, the network has become a key refuge for hundreds of species.
Credits: Gorongosa Restoration Project
Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique is transforming from a silent post-war landscape into a biodiverse haven, supporting life in all forms, including coexisting human communities.
Credits: Kira Simpson / Rewilding Magazine
An Australian homeowner chose to garden with nature, not against it, transforming a pesticide-laden yard into a vibrant haven that supports biodiversity. Within weeks of planting, more insects, birds, and signs of life began to flourish, reconnecting people daily with the natural world.
Credits: Global Rewilding Alliance
SUGi is reimagining urban areas by planting biodiversity-dense pocket forests; across 62 cities, they have impacted over 90,000 youth & children, reducing extreme temperatures, increasing wellbeing & creating hubs for wildlife (all research-backed claims!).
Creating pocket forests is also about being together and sharing a good time.
Nicolas de Brabandère – Forest maker at SUGi
Choose our future
There is a positive future emerging. It becomes reality when we choose it.
Join rewilding
Rewilding is an essential part of the emerging future. It is a dynamically evolving movement to let nature recover and thrive.
rewilding works
Our vision is positive & realistic. Evidence shows Nature comes back quicker than we imagine if we allow it.
Are you a Rewilding Organisation?
How to take part.
Invite your community to reflect on the future we are choosing and how rewilding is actively shaping it.
- Tell us about the future you choose: Share statements, testimonials, or short soundbites – the voices of the people experiencing nature’s return on the ground. Imaginations of a thriving future grounded in what we are doing today.
- Show the future you are already building: Photos, videos, illustrations, maps, or before-and-after visuals help make change tangible. A single powerful image can transport people into the future you are creating.
- Say it from the heart: Songs, poems, artwork, performances… Rewilding is not only ecological work, it is a human movement, rich in emotion, creativity, and culture.
#WorldRewildingDay #ChooseOurFuture #WorldRewildingDay2026
Private Screening ‘The Rewilders’ for Global Rewilding Alliance Partners
On World Rewilding Day, partners of the Global Rewilding Alliance are invited to a private screening of The Rewilders — a powerful film capturing the people, places, and passion driving the rewilding movement around the world.
This special gathering offers a moment to pause, connect, and celebrate together the future we are choosing. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion, bringing voices from the movement together to share insights, experiences, and perspectives.
More information, including timing and access details, will be shared directly with partners by email.
THE FUTURE WE CHOOSE
A hopeful, rewilded future takes shape through the choices we make and the actions we take, together. Rewilding grows in the hands of people — local communities, Indigenous Peoples, practitioners, businesses, and individuals — all contributing to restoring life.
It often begins with a simple question: How can I help?
Find your local organisation and connect with rewilders to get involved.
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Turns out, rewilding works best when enjoyed with great company, food, drinks, and even a little party.
Sylvester Rewilding, Spain
Credits: Sylvester Rewilding – Community coming together to rewild a Eucalyptus plantation in Galicia, Spain
GET INSPIRED BY LAST YEAR’S THEME:
#REWILDINGTOGETHER
Credits: Harding-Lee Media
World Rewilding Day – March 20th, 2026
CHOOSE YOUR FUTURE – Join the rewilding movement
