FAQs about Rewilding

What is rewilding?

Rewilding seeks to reverse the decline in biodiversity by restoring natural processes.

Rewilding is the large-scale restoration of nature, it is about allowing natural processes to take place. https://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/explore-rewilding/what-is-rewilding/defining-rewilding.

The interactions between different plant and animal species create a complex network of life. As individual species are lost from this network, the ecosystem in which they live, perhaps a woodland or meadow, will eventually collapse. Rewilding seeks to reverse this decline.

Why is everyone talking about rewilding?

Centuries of farming, building and industry have made the UK one of the most nature-depleted countries in Europe and the world. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2020/september/uk-has-led-the-world-in-destroying-the-natural-environment.html  

Should I get involved in rewilding?

Rewilding can also be smaller scale and urban, working to make cityscapes a space for species diversity (Science Museum 2021). Leading experts on biodiversity consistently call for all of us to make our green spaces better able to support wildlife. More and more organisations and people are taking steps to improve our biodiversity. Lewes District Council Biodiversity Strategy 2021-2025 

With 22 million gardens in the UK covering over 430,000 hectares gardeners can make a huge difference to this country’s biodiversity.