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,...
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...
The largest reed bed of Europe can be found in the delta of the river Danube, in Romania and Ukraine. This delta of 730,000 ha is home to many bird and fish species. It provides the local people in the delta with fertile river clay, seafood, tourism and of course the...
For a long time, many species have been so scarce that they are hardly ever seen. Humanity has wiped out over fifty percent of all mammals, birds and fish in as many years. Across Europe, efforts to restore the balance of ecosystems damaged by the human footprint are...
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...
Rewilding is often thought of as a fantastical vision of the future. One day we might share the landscape with wolves and bears, but in the present day, it seems unlikely. For many people in Europe though, that’s exactly what they’ve been doing for at least the past...
