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Global Charter for Rewilding the Earth: a joined strategy for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
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...
Subspecies important for future evolution of species
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 subspecies play a...
Natural grazing for wildfire prevention in the Danube Delta
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...
Rewilding: Large-scale conservation aimed at restoring balance of the natural world
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...
Rewilding with large herbivores: Positive direct and delayed effects of carrion on plant and arthropod communities
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...
Equator Prize 2000: A global search for local nature-based solutions for sustainable development
The Equator Initiative announces a global call for nominations for the Equator Prize 2020. The prize will be awarded to outstanding local community and indigenous peoples’ initiatives that advance nature-based solutions for sustainable development. The winners will...
Rewilding: as farmland and villages are abandoned, forests, wolves and bears are returning to Europe
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...
Restoring natural forests is the best way to capture carbon and reverse climate change
Allowing the Earth’s forests to recover could remove two thirds of all the planet-warming carbon that is in the atmosphere because of human activity, according to a new study carried out by researchers at Swiss university ETH Zurich and published Thursday in the...
First wild wolf cubs born in the Netherlands in more than 100 years
The first wolf cubs born in the Netherlands in more than a hundred years have been spotted in the North Veluwe area in the Netherlands. This is confirmed by cam trap footage released by the province of Gelderland on Wednesday. The footage shows three cubs exploring...
Beavers can tackle climate change and other environmental challenges we face, one stick at a time
Beavers are not only a particularly remarkable animal, but these rodents are true ecosystem-engineers whose value cannot be overstated. They help mitigate flooding, improve water quality, and capture more water for agriculture in the face of climate change. They also...