Ecosystem restoration through rewilding: people, policy and practice

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 landscapes and exploring new ways for people to earn a good living from the wild.

Rewilding Europe

Rewilding Symposium in honour of the inauguration of Special Professor in Rewilding Ecology Liesbeth Bakker

Omnia Building

How does rewilding contribute to ecosystem restoration, how does it match European and national laws and policies, how to include people and how to communicate rewilding science?During this event, rewilding scientists and experts will address these questions by taking a multi-disciplinary perspective. With a mix of presentations, imagery, an on-site exhibition and the formal inauguration of Europe’s first chair in Rewilding Ecology at Wageningen University &amp; Research&#x27;s Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Group, the event will be packed with inspiration for scientists, policy-makers, practitioners and people interested in the field of rewilding. On-site and onlineWe warmly invite you to join this event and the inaugural lecture of Special Professor in Rewilding Ecology Liesbeth Bakker, live on-site in Wageningen. Those who will attend the event on location, also have the opportunity to visit an exhibition of the work by Lisa Sánchez Aguilar in light of her PhD research on how to visually communicate about the rewilding of the European bison.For those who are not able to attend the event on-site, it&#x27;s also possible to <a href="https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/ecosystem-restoration-through-rewilding-people-policy-and-practice-tickets-409879499617" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">register for the online version of the event via this page</a>.

<h3>Programme</h3>
09:00-10:00 Doors open, welcome with coffee &amp; tea
10:00-10:05 Opening - Liesbeth Bakker
10:05-10:30 A fascination for nature - Ruben Smit
10:30-11:00 Restoration, rewilding and the search for common ground - Eric Higgs
11:00-11:30 Coffee &amp; Tea break
11:30-12:00 Megafauna restoration as obligation: rewilding law and policy to rehabilitate Europe's large mammals - Arie Trouwborst
12:00-12:30 Rewilding opportunities under the EU Nature Restoration Law - Sofie Ruysschaert
12:30-13:30 Lunch break (vegetarian lunch provided)
13:30-13:50 Rewilding landscapes in Europe – a people’s perspective - Frans Schepers
13:50-14:05 Short movie Zimbrul: Re-introduction of European bison in the Southern Carpathians
14:05-14:30 On the European bison's rewilding hooves: how to visualize it? - Lisa Sánchez Aguilar
14:30-15:00 The nature and necessity of human rewilding - Koen Arts
15:00-16:00 Coffee &amp; Tea break
16:00-17:00 Inaugural lecture Rewilding Ecology Liesbeth Bakker: The ecology of rewilding landscapes
17:00-18:00 Reception

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