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Module 1 – References and acknowledgements

References



Overview, big picture, and natural processes

WILD11 Resolutions Committee (2020) ‘Global Charter for Rewilding the Earth’, 11th World Wilderness Congress [Online]. Available at: www.wild11.org/charter (Accessed: 24 January 2025).

Historic context

Svenning, J-C. et al. (2024) ‘Late-Quaternary megafauna extinctions: patterns, causes, ecological consequences, and implications for ecosystem management in the Anthropocene’, Cambridge Prisms: Extinction [Online]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/ext.2024.4 (Accessed: 24 January 2025).

 

Social context

European Union (2021) The challenge of land abandonment after 2020 and options for mitigating measures. Available at: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2021/652241/IPOL_ATA(2021)652241_EN.pdf (Accessed: 15 April 2025).

European Union Facts and figures on the European Union . Available at https://european-union.europa.eu/principles-countries-history/facts-and-figures-european-union_en (Accessed: 15 April 2025).

European Commission (2024a) EU comprehensive approach to mental health. Available at: https://health.ec.europa.eu/non-communicable-diseases/mental-health_en (Accessed: 15 April 2025).

Eurostat (2024) Forests, forestry and logging . Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Forests,_forestry_and_logging#Forest_areas_in_the_EU_are_expanding (Accessed: 15 April 2025).

Johnson, C. N. et al. (2018) ‘Can trophic rewilding reduce the impact of fire in a more flammable world?’, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B37320170443 [Online]. Available at: http://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0443 (Accessed: 24 January 2025).

Castillo, P. et al. (2018) ‘Agricultural Land Abandonment in the EU within 2015–2030’, European Commission, Ispra, JRC113718 [Online]. Available at: https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC113718 (Accessed: 24 January 2025).

Rewilding Europe (2020) Rewilding – the natural way to minimise wildfire risk. Available at: https://rewildingeurope.com/blog/rewilding-the-natural-way-to-minimise-wildfire-risk/ (Accessed: 15 April 2025).

 

Political context

Convention on Biological Diversity (2022) Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Available at: https://www.cbd.int/gbf (Accessed: 10 April 2025).

Council Directive 79/409/EEC (1979) ‘On the conservation of wild birds’, Official Journal L 103/1 [Online]. Available at: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1979/409/oj (Accessed: 24 January 2025).

Council Directive 92/43/EEC (1992) ‘On the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora’ Official Journal L206/7 [Online]. Available at: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1992/43/oj (Accessed: 24 January 2025).

European Environment Agency (EEA) (2024) Terrestrial protected areas in Europe. Available at: https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/indicators/terrestrial-protected-areas-in-europe (Accessed: 15 April 2025).

European Commission (2024b) ‘Regulation (EU) 2024/1991 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2024 on nature restoration and amending Regulation (EU) 2022/869’. Available at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R1991#art_1 (Accessed: 15 April 2025).

McElwee, P. et al. (2024) ‘The thematic assessment of the interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food and health’, Summary for policymakers IPBES [Online]. Available at: https://ipbes.canto.de/v/IPBES11Media/album/MGKB5 (Accessed: 24 January 2025).

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (n.d.a) Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development [Online]. Available at: https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal14 (Accessed: 24 January 2025).

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (n.d.b) Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems [Online]. Available at: https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal15 (Accessed: 24 January 2025).

 

Climate change context

Schmitz, O. (2023) Animating the Carbon Cycle [Online]. Available at: https://vimeo.com/894434897 (Accessed: 24 January 2025).

Schmitz, O. and Sylven, M. (2023) ‘Animating the Carbon Cycle: How wildlife conservation can be a key to mitigate climate change’, Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 65(1), pp. 4–15 [Online]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/00139157.2023.2180269 (Accessed: 24 January 2025).

Schmitz, O., et al. (2023) ‘Trophic rewilding can expand natural climate solutions’, Nature Climate Change, 13, pp. 123–130 [Online]. Available at: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01631-6 (Accessed 25 January 2025).

United Nations Climate Change (UNCC) (n.d.) The Paris Agreement [Online]. Available at: https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement (Accessed: 25 January 2025).

 

Further reading

Overview, big picture and natural processes

Fernández, N., et al. (2020) ‘Boosting Ecological Restoration for a Wilder Europe’, Ecological Solutions and Evidence [Online]. Available at: https://www.rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/uploads/publications/boosting-ecological-restoration-for-a-wilder-Europe/index.html (Accessed: 24 January 2025).

Perino, A. et al. (2020) ‘Rewilding complex ecosystems’, Science , 364(6438), eaav5570 [Online]. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aav5570 (Accessed: 24 January 2025).

 

Historic context

Stuart, A.J. and Lister, A.M. (2012) ‘Patterns of Late Quaternary megafaunal extinctions in Europe and northern Asia’, Quaternary Science Reviews, 51, pp. 1–17 [Online]. Available at: www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/pdf_files/140/1409657808.pdf (Accessed: 24 January 2025).

 

Social context

Navarro, L.M. and Pereira, H.M. (2015) ‘Rewilding Abandoned Landscapes in Europe’, in Rewilding European Landscapes. Cham: Springer, pp. 3–23 [Online]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12039-3_1 (Accessed: 24 January 2025).

 

Political context

Fleurke, F.M. (2024) ‘Rewilding within the context of EU Nature Conservation Law: Law as a Facilitator or as a Barrier to new approaches of Restoration’, Forthcoming. Unpublished.

Trouwborst, A. and Svenning, J.-C. (2022) ‘Megafauna restoration as a legal obligation: International biodiversity law and the rehabilitation of large mammals in Europe’, Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law, 31(2), pp. 182–198 [Online]. Available at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/reel.12443 (Accessed: 25 January 2025).

 

Climate change context

Burak, M.K., et al. (2024) ‘Context matters when rewilding for climate change’, People and Nature , 6(1), pp. 45–56 [Online]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10609 (Accessed: 25 January 2025).