Rewilding complex ecosystems

Andrea Perino; Henrique M. Pereira; Laetitia M. Navarro; Néstor Fernández; James M. Bullock; Silvia Ceaușu; Ainara Cortés-Avizanda; Roel van Klink; Tobias Kuemmerle; Angela Lomba; Guy Pe’er; Tobias Plieninger; José M. Rey Benayas; Christopher J. Sandom; Jens-Christian Svenning; Helen C. Wheeler

doi:10.1126/science.aav5570

Rewilding complex ecosystems

Andrea Perino, Henrique M. Pereira, Laetitia M. Navarro, Néstor Fernández, James M. Bullock, Silvia Ceaușu, Ainara Cortés-Avizanda, Roel van Klink, Tobias Kuemmerle, Angela Lomba, Guy Pe’er, Tobias Plieninger, José M. Rey Benayas, Christopher J. Sandom, Jens-Christian Svenning, Helen C. Wheeler

Landscape Architecture and Planning

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Abstract

The practice of rewilding has been both promoted and criticized in recent years. Benefits include flexibility to react to environmental change and the promotion of opportunities for society to reconnect with nature. Criticisms include the lack of a clear conceptualization of rewilding, insufficient knowledge about possible outcomes, and the perception that rewilding excludes people from landscapes. Here, we present a framework for rewilding that addresses these concerns. We suggest that rewilding efforts should target trophic complexity, natural disturbances, and dispersal as interacting processes that can improve ecosystem resilience and maintain biodiversity. We propose a structured approach to rewilding projects that includes assessment of the contributions of nature to people and the social-ecological constraints on restoration.

Original language	English
Article number	eaav5570
Journal	Science
Volume	364
Issue number	6438
Number of pages	10
ISSN	0036-8075
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aav5570
Publication status	Published - 2019

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