The Welsh are reclaiming rewilding Rewilding has been a dirty word in Wales. It's time to embrace it, writes Jon Moses of the Welsh Rewilding Alliance.

Today, we have published an essay by @jon-moses.bsky.social on why it's time to reclaim rewilding in Wales. Come for the Edwardian naturalist being astonished by massive snakes, stay for the assessment of why rural Wales needs nature restoration.
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Insects Are Disappearing — Here’s How to Help • The Revelator The world depends on healthy insect populations. As climate change and other threats cause their declines, simple actions can give them a much-needed boost.

“The more native plants you have, the more chance that you’re providing habitat for native insects,” says Andrea Delong-Amaya, horticulture educator at the University of Texas Wildflower Center.

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Meet the artists rewilding culture Across Canada, hundreds of artists are tackling environmental issues through their creative practices. The Rewilding Arts Prize is building a community around them.

Congratulations to the winners and finalists of this year's Rewilding Arts Prize, presented by us and @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social!

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After a month in the wild, Mbegu stopped by Voi and headed straight for her favourite scratching spot. An orphan of human–wildlife conflict, she now roams wild – returning on her own terms.

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What is nature and what is it good for? The living world is not just an escape from humanity’s problems – it is the answer to them.

"In my day-to-day life I feel a reverence and appreciation for the plants that surround me.

"It’s not a corny feel-good sentiment emulated by some genteel honky in a teal velour vest – it’s a medicine I need to consume daily or I turn into an asshole."

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Returning flightless ñandúes to their Chilean home In Patagonia National Park, efforts to make Rhea pennata populations self-sustaining are part of overall rewilding goals.

"As populations grow, possibly ñandúes will intermingle across borders, making a stronger, unified population. This in turn is one step closer to a rewilded South America."

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The Depaving Groups Reclaiming Urban Green Space These forward-thinking organizations have depaved parking lots – and turned them into paradise.

"Hard surfaces such as driveways and car parks block water from filtering into the soil.

"By removing the pavement, soils can soak up rainwater, which in turn aids in recharging groundwater supplies."

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How “Fire Fungi” Help Put Burnt Landscapes Back Together - bioGraphic Before plants and animals recolonize after a wildfire, fungi get to work.

“They really seem like the first responders,” says Fischer. “They’re the things that are growing the most rapidly first.”

So, whatever these fungi are up to—biologically speaking—likely impacts the rest of post-fire succession and recovery, she says.

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The River Otter's Remarkable Comeback In North America’s Great Lakes region, river otters are coming back from the brink thanks to decades of effort on both sides of the border.

"As predators at the top of the chain, otters help regulate fish and invertebrate numbers.

"Their presence signals something deeper, too: the water is clean, the system productive, the ecosystem whole enough to support them again."

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These Bee Sanctuary Founders Want the World to Join In Many wild bees are endangered, and lack of habitat is a big factor. Here’s how one couple in Ireland is trying to turn the tide.

"We want to use our sanctuary to teach and empower people everywhere to take actions that will help restore native wild bee numbers, and the rest of nature at the same time."

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Can ecological collapse be undone? China is making a bold move on the Yangtze River. China’s unprecedented fishing ban is reversing years of biodiversity loss in the Yangtze, raising questions about the possibility—and cost—of restoration.

"The data revealed signs of recovery within just a few years."

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Denmark Just Switched to Red Streetlights, Solving a Problem Every Modern City Deals With Denmark’s bold lighting shift is turning heads, and it might be the blueprint for the cities of tomorrow.

"The initiative targets light pollution and seeks to reduce disruptions to nocturnal species, particularly bats, which are sensitive to urban light."

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The Rwandan City Where Wetlands Are Winning To save its citizens from floods, Kigali is betting big on wetland restoration.

"In just a three-year period, the city converted a degraded swamp into a functioning wetland—featuring a series of ponds, a riverine forest, and a savanna—that stores carbon, controls floods, filters pollutants, and enhances biodiversity."

www.biographic.com/the-rwandan-...

The Former Poachers Protecting Nigeria’s Vanishing Forest Within the confines of Omo Forest Reserve, former hunters are now frontline rangers, leading grassroots rewilding efforts in one of West Africa’s surviving rainforests.

“I used to believe the forest’s resources were endless and meant only for our use,” Abiodun says.

“But now I realize that if we don’t take action to protect them, future generations may not learn anything about Omo.”

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The rewilding movement needs more art For people to take action, they need to care first. That’s where creative works can help.

"Creative expression of all types holds a unique ability to capture attention, keep people engaged and make them care.

"And it could be a key tool for motivating people outside of the rewilding movement to get involved."

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The Joy of Rewilding Rewilding is a global movement to restore natural processes and boost biodiversity. It’s also the name of an online magazine launched by journalists Kat Tancock and Domini Clark. Their goal? To expose...

The Joy of #Rewilding -- by Kat Tancock of @rewildingmag.bsky.social for @sejorg.bsky.social (edited by me) www.sej.org/publications...

“It’s always changing, and you just adapt” This Australian urban gardener has spent the past 14 years transforming her yard into a native-plant paradise that welcomes local wildlife.

"Start small. Do a little garden bed here or there, and then expand it as you go. You don’t have to do the whole garden all at once. And you learn from it. When something doesn’t work, it gives you the opportunity to put something else in its place."

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How Lubuk Larangan Is Helping Ecosystems Survive On Sumatra Island in Indonesia, the practice of lubuk larangan balances immediate human needs with the long-term health of riverine ecosystems.

"Lubuk larangan tells a quieter story of #rewilding. Here, rewilding happens not through large-scale intervention but through communities agreeing to limit their activities so natural processes can resume."

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A graduated nativeness definition for overcoming dilemmas and difficulties of vascular plant species Nativeness is a concept central to biodiversity conservation and invasion biology, but there are several problems related to a classic binary nativeness definition. Dilemmas arise from the dynamic na...

There are problems with binary definitions of nativeness

“Dilemmas arise from the dynamic nature of species' distribution ranges on longer time scales,

in the application to smaller regions defined by arbitrary borders,

& limited knowledge of species' past distributions”
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Kerry farmers and landowners offered financial support for participation in nature restoration A charity is offering financial support to farmers and landowners who participate in its new project aimed at restoring nature on the Iveragh Peninsula.

This is a wonderful project from @hometreecharity.bsky.social for the restoration of upland native oak forests

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Rewilding for relationship and reconciliation Project Forest is working with Indigenous communities in western Canada to take on projects with traditional land use top of mind.

"The Swan River project transitioned land that was full of noxious weed into a thriving forest – the biodiversity increase is incredible, all the way from the different microbes and organisms in the soil to the birds in the air, and everything in between."

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“I didn’t know I was building a forest” This 90-year-old woman in India offers a lesson on how small, incremental action can lead to meaningful change.

In 1980, Devaki Amma met with a life-threatening car accident. Her recovery was slow and excruciating.

But, amidst the darkest of the clouds, Devaki Amma found a silver lining – a native #forest she raised and planted with her own two hands.

#rewilding

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The city turning lawns into pollinator meadows In Vancouver, a city-led (and research-backed) initiative is converting chunks of park land into wilder ecosystems.

"There are 14,000,000 square metres of parks, boulevards and golf courses in #Vancouver. Six million of that is lawn. We’ve transitioned 7 percent of that. We'll keep increasing as and when we can."

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Love the Habitat You're With Locals in Tucson, Arizona are applying “reconciliation ecology” techniques to rehabilitate the region’s degraded landscapes and waterways.

“Reconciliation ecology,” a term coined in 2003, aims to increase biodiversity in human-dominated landscapes. Think of it as conservation for the Anthropocene.

www.biographic.com/love-the-hab...

The Scientist Who Tells Stories Through Botanical Illustration In using drawing as a way to understand nature, artist and ecologist Hashveenah Manoharan discovered her culture, her history and herself.

"Manoharan uses the visual language of scientific illustrations to tell a different story. Instead of 'objectively documenting' plants and animals, her compositions are about personal history and cultural grief."

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‘Next great leap’: grassroots movement to wild East Anglia goes national Set up by three ‘eco-anxious’ farmers, WildEast has created UK-wide version of pledge to encourage people to restore nature

So much global political doom and gloom but so much heartening action happening at grassroots - the more we all take part in local, loving action for the planet (and us), the better we all feel and the more real hope for the future. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Community Rewilding Guide Switch to Gaelic / Tionndaidh gu Gàidhlig

The Scottish Rewilding Alliance has launched a new Community Rewilding Guide!

“More than anything, rewilding means hope. Hope for a liveable future, a wilder world, and thriving communities.” - Steve Micklewright, our Chief Executive.

Download the guide 👉

Why rewilders shouldn’t forget about fungi These mostly hidden life forms have a big role to play in rewilding – and need its support, too.

"Rewilding is not just about protecting individual species. It’s about re-establishing the relationships between them, many of which are complex and poorly understood."

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"Rewilding helps nature heal—by protecting Earth’s remaining wild places & restoring the life-supporting functions of nature across connected land/sea. It...embraces natural solutions to environmental, social & economic challenges. It also...forces a reconsideration of our role within life on Earth"

The Scientists Making the Case for Nature’s Rights - Inside Climate News A growing number of scientists are backing laws recognizing that nature has inherent rights and intrinsic value. A group of wetlands scientists wants the critical ecosystems they study to be next.

"A growing number of scientists are backing laws recognizing that nature has inherent rights and intrinsic value. A group of wetlands scientists wants the critical ecosystems they study to be next." @katiesurma.bsky.social reports for @insideclimatenews.org (via @sejorg.bsky.social)