Kirsty Hughes discusses with Frans Schepers, executive director of Rewilding Europe (https://rewildingeurope.com) what rewilding is and can be and how letting nature be in control rather than humans controlling nature can contribute to reversing the deep losses of biodiversity and contribute to climate goals. “Wild nature should be an important part of modern Europe.”
Rewilding Europe has ten local partners and landscapes they are rewilding across Europe, including in Scotland (Glen Affrick: https://rewildingeurope.com/landscapes/affric-highlands/). Schepers argues there is huge potential to do much more by the end of this decade – and not just reforestation but increasing the wild animal population and reducing the amount of land given over to producing food for livestock/red meat industry.
