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Rewilding is no longer a contested paradigm. Already, numerous studies show how rewilded nature has overcome the local biodiversity crisis and increased the resilience of the biosphere and the distinctive ecosystems.
We know what it takes: Vast and substantial reserves of land covering more than 5-10.000 hectares, where natural vegetation has a chance to re-establish, free-flowing water systems are restored, and animals and predators are allowed to roam freely in dynamic and robust ecosystems. In betwixt, we need corridors, smaller and less protected nature reserves, and plots allowing people to live in this new and luscious world, providing valuable experiences to their friends and fellow citizens on how to achieve a more sustainable way of living.
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Overwhelming Support for Rewilding and Release of Large Animals in the Oder Delta
03/02/2024Germans and Poles living in the Oder Delta strongly support rewilding and the introduction of large animals – including wolves and lynx, returning its landscape to its former medieval glory. Read more
The Vosges in the Early Middle Ages, ca. 400 – 750
31/01/2024In the Early Middle Ages, the Vosges were regarded as a wilderness – by elites, poets and priests. However, the ideas about how to live in and utilise this wilderness were contested. Read more
Is the Capercaille Next on the Extinction List in Europe?
29/08/2023Since 1985 the number of European Capercailles in Middle Bavarian Alps have been reduced. This has happened despite a general hunting prohibition since 1973. New research points to the influence of climate changes, but also the impact of outdoor tourism Read more
Wilderness in Iceland?
29/08/2023Iceland is covered with vast stretches of wilderness. The question is, how is it best protected? Read more
Rewilding is the Best Future for Europe’s Abandoned Farmland
23/08/2023What is best when considering Europe’s abandoned farmland? Should it be returned to more extensive – traditional and even Medieval – ways of sylvo-pastoral forms of cultivation? Or should it be rewilded with large grazers? Or left to its own devices? Read more
The Land of Bodi and the Nature Reserve at Bislicher Insel
15/07/2023Bislich, where the grave of Bodi was discovered more than fifty years ago, lies in the middle of a protected river landscape well worth visiting Read more
Setting the Scene – The Landscape of Medieval Paris
06/11/2026What was the physical world in which Parisians lived in the late Middle Ages? In a sense, Paris was still embedded in an ancient riverine landscape, despite being the only major metropolis in the region, perhaps numbering more than 200,000 inhabitants. Read more
Bordeaux is Burning — Why?
31/07/2026Are the devastating wildfires of this summer the result of the shifting climate? Of human greed and stupidity? Or simply of a decline in extensive husbandry and pastoralism? Read more
The Wild Rabbits with the Long, Long Ears…
01/03/2025Rabbits share their history as on and off domesticated animals with the feral horses. Although living in the wilderness, they were very early on considered a nice supplement and hence “farmed” and domesticated for different purposes Read more
The Dark Ages: Nature’s Comeback in the Netherlands
09/10/2024In the period known as the Dark Ages (c. 300 – 700 AD), woodlands staged a remarkable comeback across Europe, including the Netherlands. Read more
Overwhelming Support for Rewilding and Release of Large Animals in the Oder Delta
03/02/2024Germans and Poles living in the Oder Delta strongly support rewilding and the introduction of large animals – including wolves and lynx, returning its landscape to its former medieval glory. Read more
The Vosges in the Early Middle Ages, ca. 400 – 750
31/01/2024In the Early Middle Ages, the Vosges were regarded as a wilderness – by elites, poets and priests. However, the ideas about how to live in and utilise this wilderness were contested. Read more