Other Nations' Rewilding Efforts
Photo by: Carlos Muñoz Roberdo , J.
Greater Côa Valley, Portugal
The Greater Côa Valley was having trouble with high numbers of abandonment and forest fires due to large amounts of dense brush paired with long hot summers. In an effort to combat this, they brought back semiwild grazing animals to create firebreaks. In doing this they also effectively brought back many other native species and helped restore the once-prosperous food chain.
(Greater Côa Valley)
Swedish Laplands,
Sweden
The rivers running through the Swedish Laplands were historically used for transporting logs and due to this many areas were damned and bolders were removed from the river bottoms. Rewilding Sweden is now working to remove those damns and return the boulders to the rivers to increase the salmon and sea trout numbers. Sweden has also implemented a catch and release policy on many of the rivers to help boost the fish population.
(Swedish Lapland)
Photo by: Ekholm, A.
Photo by: Aldridge, C.
Affric Highlands,
Scotland
The Affric Highlands was previously heavily deforested and drained of wetlands to be transformed into open plains for farming and residential use. Today, in an effort to reverse the human destruction of the land native trees are being planted to create lush forests, wetlands are getting restored, and grazing herbivores are being brought in.
(Affric Highlands)
Danube Delta,
Ukraine, Romania, Moldova
The people living in the Danube Delta are not well off economically and strongly depend on the lands natural resources, therefore new developments risk their way of life. Rewilding Europe is supporting the communities of the Danube Delta by supporting the development of nature based businesses, which intern creates incentives for the population to restore habitats and accept a return of wildlife.
(Danube Delta)
2-Day Tour - The Danube Delta & Black Sea
Other Environmental Social Movements
Team Trees:
Seed Bombing:
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/actions/how-make-seed-bomb
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Fantastic Fungi:
Resources
(n.d.). 2-Day Tour - The Danube Delta & Black Sea. photograph, Bucharest, Romania. Retrieved November 29, 2021, from https://www.viator.com/tours/Bucharest/2-Day-Tour-The-Danube-Delta-and-Black-Sea/d22134-7745P18.
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Affric Highlands. Rewilding Europe. (n.d.). Retrieved November 23, 2021, from https://rewildingeurope.com/areas/affric-highlands/.
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Aldridge, C. (2021). Trees for Life. Vast area of Scottish Highlands to be rewilded in ambitious 30-year project. photograph, Affric Highlands; The Guardian. Retrieved November 23, 2021, from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/24/vast-area-of-scottish-highlands-to-be-rewilded-in-ambitious-30-year-project-aoe.
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Carlos Muñoz Roberdo , J. (2020). How a chain reaction in the Greater Côa Valley is shaping a new future. photograph, Rewilding Europe. Retrieved November 23, 2021, from https://rewildingeurope.com/blog/how-a-chain-reaction-in-the-greater-coa-valley-is-shaping-a-new-future/.
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Danube Delta. Rewilding Europe. (n.d.). Retrieved November 29, 2021, from https://rewildingeurope.com/areas/danube-delta/.
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Ekholm, A. (2021). Sarek national park in Swedish Lapland. Swedish Lapland – a culture-rich natural wonderland. photograph, Laponian. Retrieved November 23, 2021, from https://visitsweden.com/where-to-go/northern-sweden/swedish-lapland/.
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Greater Côa Valley. Rewilding Europe. (n.d.). Retrieved November 23, 2021, from https://rewildingeurope.com/areas/greater-coa-valley/.
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Swedish Lapland. Rewilding Europe. (n.d.). Retrieved November 23, 2021, from https://rewildingeurope.com/areas/swedish-lapland/.