She proposes a definition of rewilding. It would include
1. A species (re-)introduction
2. An ecological effect
3. A significant social impact/imvolvememt
Each project should argue for its interpretation of how to do this within its socio-ecological context.
She sees ten key challenges:
1. What is the role of humans?
On one hand, what kind of management do you want? Traditional conservation involves lots of management by humans. Rewilding is an opportunity to be hands-off.
On another, there is another issue around the cultural involvement of people with the rewilding. People interact with nature in a variety of ways.
Nice photos from Charles Frefer, Wildermann
2. Dealing with Grendels
When you have a domestic species that you rewild this involves many institutional problems, is it domestic or wild?
There is an opportunity: can we create Grendel species?
3. Non-analogue rewilding?
Is this OK? Yes from a functionalist approach, no from a compositionalist approach
4. Justifying baselines
If you want a particular baseline, you can find it. What people need to think about is not “did this really happen in the past” but rather to tell a story that people are concerned by.
5. Can we rewild with small species?
Small species are also important
6. Dealing with scale
How small is too small to rewind?
7. Dealing with sample size and pseudo-replication
8. When to rewild with carnivores? Problem of both difficulty and perception of human-wildlife conflict
9. Rewilding vs. Zoos
Zoos play a useful role. Some large zoos look like rewilding, without the habitat restoration. Make zoos more like rewilding.
10. Integrating interdisciplinarity, monitoring and assessment
1. A species (re-)introduction
2. An ecological effect
3. A significant social impact/imvolvememt
Each project should argue for its interpretation of how to do this within its socio-ecological context.
She sees ten key challenges:
1. What is the role of humans?
On one hand, what kind of management do you want? Traditional conservation involves lots of management by humans. Rewilding is an opportunity to be hands-off.
On another, there is another issue around the cultural involvement of people with the rewilding. People interact with nature in a variety of ways.
Nice photos from Charles Frefer, Wildermann
2. Dealing with Grendels
When you have a domestic species that you rewild this involves many institutional problems, is it domestic or wild?
There is an opportunity: can we create Grendel species?
3. Non-analogue rewilding?
Is this OK? Yes from a functionalist approach, no from a compositionalist approach
4. Justifying baselines
If you want a particular baseline, you can find it. What people need to think about is not “did this really happen in the past” but rather to tell a story that people are concerned by.
5. Can we rewild with small species?
Small species are also important
6. Dealing with scale
How small is too small to rewind?
7. Dealing with sample size and pseudo-replication
8. When to rewild with carnivores? Problem of both difficulty and perception of human-wildlife conflict
9. Rewilding vs. Zoos
Zoos play a useful role. Some large zoos look like rewilding, without the habitat restoration. Make zoos more like rewilding.
10. Integrating interdisciplinarity, monitoring and assessment