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Making Europe a wilder place, with more space for nature, wildlife and natural processes.

Rewilding Europe is about making Europe a wilder place, with much more space for wildlife, wilderness and wild values. Bringing the variety of life back to Europe’s abandoned lands and exploring
new ways for people to earn a good living from the wild.

27/08/2026

🦅 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆, 𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘃𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀.

Two chicks were born in Alto Tajo Natural Park to two of the five breeding pairs that settled in the landscape this spring following their release. One died a few days after hatching. The surviving youngster is developing well and now carries a GPS transmitter, so Fundación Española de Renaturalización-Rewilding Spain and partners can follow it after fledging.

🪺 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝘆. Cinereous vultures generally breed close to where they were born and, once paired, remain in the same territory for life.

The programme, which started in 2020, is led by the Department of Sustainable Development of Castilla-La Mancha and Alto Tajo Natural Park, with Rewilding Spain and Terra Naturalis in the field. It has released 37 birds so far, supported by artificial nesting platforms, feeding stations and an acclimatisation aviary.

🌍 Earlier this year, cinereous vultures also bred again in the Rhodope Mountains in Bulgaria, where the Rewilding Rhodopes team recorded three chicks from eight pairs, after three decades of absence.

Europe's largest vulture is reclaiming its place in the skies, helping to restore the natural processes on which wilder, healthier landscapes depend. 💚

Check out the full story on our website 👉 https://loom.ly/1DxFPBA

📸 Chenxi Che / James Shooter - Rewilding Europe

26/08/2026

🇮🇹 The wild heart of Italy

In 2025, rewilding in the Central Apennines kept growing, through the work of the Rewilding Apennines team.

🐻 Ecological corridors now connect over 500,000 hectares, helping the Marsican brown bear move safely across the landscape.
🏡 13 municipalities signed Bear-Smart Community agreements, installing fencing and bear-proof bins.
🦞 Nearly 8,000 crayfish and 4,000 trout were released, and a dam removal reconnected 10+ kilometres of river.
🦅 Griffon vultures reached 300 to 350 birds, protected by anti-poison patrols.
🌱 Nearly €400,000 generated for people living in the landscape, and almost 40 nature-based businesses joined the network.

The Central Apennines keep growing wilder.
👉 Find this and more landscape stories in our Annual Review 🔗https://rewildingeurope.com/news/annual-review-2025-from-margins-to-mainstream/

25/08/2026

🐻🎬 Join us this 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 27 August at 𝟏𝟔.𝟎𝟎 𝐂𝐄𝐓

How can people and brown bears flourish on the paths they share?

𝑷𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝑾𝒆 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆, a documentary produced by Treehouse Films, follows people building coexistence with brown bears in Italy's Central Apennines and Greece's Rhodope and Pindos mountains, from bear-proof bins and livestock fencing to safe corridors connecting protected areas.

🔔 Premieres on our YouTube channel 👉 https://youtu.be/3IoptYAjo9s

LIFE Bear-Smart Corridors is made possible by: Rewilding Apennines, Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo Lazio e Molise, Ente Parco Nazionale del Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga, Parco Naturale Regionale Sirente Velino, Riserva Monte Genzana, the Municipality of Pettorano sul Gizio, Salviamo l'Orso, Καλλιστώ, ΑΡΚΤΟΥΡΟΣ - ARCTUROS, the Municipality of Amyntaio, KENAKAP S.A., the Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλίας and Rewilding Europe.

This documentary was produced with the contribution of the LIFE Programme of the European Union.

21/08/2026

🎬🏆 The documentary 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙪𝙗𝙚 𝘿𝙚𝙡𝙩𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 has won the Environment category at the Love Peace and Freedom Film Festival.

Filmed by Emmanuel Rondeau, the film follows the Rewilding Ukraine team and partners as they restore wetlands and wildlife across the Danube Delta, and shows how that work also gives local communities and veterans a chance to reconnect with nature.

🇺🇦 That recognition belongs just as much to the partners, local communities, and scientists doing the daily work in the Danube Delta.

So if you haven't watched it yet, now it's the time! Watch it here 👉 https://loom.ly/5DIXi6s

This documentary was made possible thanks to the generous support of Hogan Lovells Cadwalader 💚

20/08/2026

Nature recovery is creating new opportunities for people and businesses 🦬🏠

A new €60,000 loan from 𝗥𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 is helping Casa Sub Măgrin, a guesthouse in Romania's Southern Carpathians, double its capacity to eight guests.

The property sits close to the European bison reintroduction area in the Țarcu Mountains, where Rewilding Romania and local partners have released bison since 2014.

🤝 Casa Sub Măgrin's commitment to rewilding extends beyond welcoming visitors. The business will contribute a percentage of its booking income to the 𝗕𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱, recently established by the Rewilding Romania team to support local farmers whose crops or orchards may have been affected by the return of the bison.

The guesthouse is also part of the Wilder Places network, so visitors can stay close to the landscape and discover the nature and culture of the Țarcu Mountains.

📖 Check out the full story about the growing nature-based economy in the Southern Carpathians 👉 https://loom.ly/exkf2Vw

🎒 Planning a visit? Book your stay through Wilder Places 👉 https://loom.ly/8eSBa2w

📸 Neil Aldridge - Rewilding Europe / Daniel Mirlea / Cătălin Josan

17/08/2026

🇷🇴 Around 250 bison are roaming free, while people are learning to live alongside them.

In 2025, rewilding in the Southern Carpathians kept gaining momentum, through the work of Rewilding Romania. These are some highlights from the year:

🦬 Around 250 bison now roam the landscape, growing towards a herd that can sustain itself in the long term.
🏡 A new Bison Hub opened, anchoring fieldwork, volunteering and local engagement.
🦅 Preparations advanced for the return of griffon vultures, absent from Romania for decades.
🏨 A new guesthouse opened backed by the 𝗥𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹, while 92 people trained to start businesses of their own.

The Southern Carpathians keep 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫! 👉 Discover this and more stories in our Annual Review 🔗 https://rewildingeurope.com/news/annual-review-2025-from-margins-to-mainstream/

13/08/2026

🐺 Wolves are essential for biodiversity. But their comeback raises a bigger question: have we forgotten how to live with wilder nature?

This 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳 𝗗𝗮𝘆, we celebrate one of Europe's most remarkable comeback stories. Across the continent, wolves and other wildlife are returning to landscapes they always belonged to, but were absent from for generations.

🐾 This is a conservation success, yet it also brings challenges, from attacks on livestock to fear and misunderstanding.

For us, coexistence is the way forward: people and wildlife sharing landscapes in ways that allow both to flourish. Not just tolerating wolves, but turning their return into an opportunity for nature and communities alike.

Proven measures make this possible, from protective fencing and livestock guardian dogs to compensation schemes, combined with dialogue and support for communities.

Curious to learn more? Check out our website 👉 https://loom.ly/0DBEtus

📸 Andoni Canela / Staffan Widstrand / Georgi Chakarov
🎨 Jeroen Helmer

12/08/2026

What does a bar of soap have to do with rewilding? 🧼🐑

In Portugal’s Greater Côa Valley, local farmers are finding ways to protect their livestock while living alongside wild animals. At Quinta Vale do Tourão, good fencing and livestock guarding dogs help improve coexistence with wildlife.

The farm’s sheep milk is used to make handmade soap, now part of a new partnership with Rewilding Portugal.
Profits from the products support rewilding work in the Greater Côa Valley, helping create the conditions for people and wildlife to thrive side by side.

Purchase this and other products through Rewilding Portugal’s website🔗 https://rewilding-portugal.com/product/sabonete-leite-ovelha-hidratante-com-vinho-altano-rewilding-moisturising-sheep-milk-soap-with-altano-rewilding-wine/

Learn more about living well with wildlife👉 https://rewildingeurope.com/coexistence/

📸 Marcus Westberg - Rewilding Europe / Daniel Allen - Rewilding Europe / Rewilding Portugal

10/08/2026

🇵🇹 Beavers returning after 500 years, wolves and people sharing space, vultures fed and forests less prone to fire.

In 2025, rewilding in the Greater Côa Valley kept gaining ground, through the work of the Rewilding Portugal team. These are some highlights from the year:

🐴 A study confirmed that grazing by free-roaming horses lowers wildfire risk, proven in practice when fires swept the valley and slowed where Sorraia horses had grazed
🐺 142 livestock breeders supported with guardian dogs and wolf-proof fencing since 2020, easing coexistence with wolves
🦫 The European beaver confirmed in Portugal for the first time in over 500 years
🦅 The first landowner licensed to leave livestock carcasses in the field, a vital food source for cinereous vultures

And many more hard to fit in one post... 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨̂𝐚 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫.
👉 Discover this and more stories in our Annual Review 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dtmxK3VZ

06/08/2026

A landmark census has revealed encouraging signs for the endangered Marsican brown bear 📊

Carried out in 2025 as part of Italy's DigitAP initiative, it estimates that 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝟴𝟭 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 now live across the Central Apennines.

The population has remained stable in its historic heartland and is beginning to expand into neighbouring landscapes, which together with the core now form a single, continuous population.

🔍 The most telling finding was not how many bears were counted, but what determines where they occur.

Habitat alone does not explain the low numbers out on the edges. Areas linked back to the core by corridors hold notably more bears than equally distant but disconnected ones, and areas where bears are hit by cars, poisoned or shot hold fewer. Ressearchers say these landscapes could hold many more bears than they currently do.

🤝 These findings support the approach taken by Rewilding Apennines. Through LIFE Bear-Smart Corridors, the team and local partners are reconnecting the landscape beyond protected areas, using electric fencing, bear-proof waste bins, orchard restoration and community outreach to help people and bears thrive together.

Check out the article 🔗 https://loom.ly/Z9H04io

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