by TNF | Jul 23, 2020 | News
The Portuguese Ecological Society (SPECO), with the support of the European Ecological Federation (EEF) have, since 2017, celebrated and promoted Ecology Day around the globe on the 14th of September. On this day, ecologists will gather to show new and regular... 
by TNF | Jun 17, 2020 | Ecological Restoration, News, Reintroduction, Rewilding, Species Restoration, Valle del Bisonte
Riaño, 16 June 2020 – The first European bison calf is born in the Riaño mountains in unprecedented wild conditions, similar to those 12,000 years ago when the bison roamed these mountains freely. The newborn calf was born out of a herd of European bison,... 
by TNF | May 28, 2020 | Biodiversity, Climate Change, Ecological Restoration, News
Zoonotic diseases – diseases that pass from an animal to a human – have gained international attention in recent years (UNEP, 2020). Globally, there is a growing concern about the zoonotic origins of many global pandemics. Increasing human-animal interactions are... 
by TNF | May 8, 2020 | Ecological Restoration, News, Rewilding
True Nature Foundation has endorsed the Global Charter for Rewilding the Earth, an outcome of the 11th World Wilderness Congress process. This important new Charter was officially launched on April 16 2020. At this time 96 organisations from across the world have... 
by TNF | Mar 19, 2020 | News, Research, Species Restoration
Scientists have proved one of Charles Darwin’s theories of evolution for the first time — nearly 140 years after his death. Laura van Holstein, a PhD student in Biological Anthropology at St John’s College, University of Cambridge, discovered mammal... 
by TNF | Feb 1, 2020 | Ecological Restoration, News, Research, Rewilding
Carrion of large animals is an extremely nutrient rich, ephemeral resource that is essential for many species, but is scarce in the anthropogenic Western-European landscape due to legislative restrictions. Rewilding, a novel conservation strategy that aims at...