People and rewilding

3.3 Working together

As you have seen in this module, rewilding needs a wealth of resources, expertise, and support to succeed. Artists, teachers, policymakers, photographers and shepherds all have important roles to play, as well as biologists, ecologists, hydrologists, agronomists and many others.

Ranger Matei having an interview for German television about the bison transport. Credit: Daniel Mirlea

Cooperation with government agencies, NGOs, businesses, research institutes and local residents can bring these valuable skills together. Collaborating across sectors and creating long-term partnerships based on a joint vision for a landscape or area, helps to ensure the sustainability of rewilding efforts, as many different people are supportive of and invested in rewilding. Working together nurtures mutual respect and understanding between different groups.

For this reason, working in partnership is another fundamental principle of rewilding. We need to work together to create a transformation in Europe: more wild nature, new ways to coexist with wild nature, and new mindsets that welcome and enable this change.