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 formal inauguration of Special Professor in Rewilding Ecology Liesbeth Bakker.

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 onlineThe symposium will take place both on-site in Wageningen and will be broadcasted via livestream. You are now on the registration page for the online symposium. After registration, you will receive a link prior to the event to join the livestream.If you want to attend the physical event in Wageningen instead, please register for the <a href="https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/ecosystem-restoration-through-rewilding-people-policy-and-practice-tickets-407326954887" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">on-site version of the event via this page</a>.

<h3>Programme</h3>
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
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

<h3><a href="https://rewildingeurope.com/rewilding-symposium/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">More information about speakers and programme can be found here.</a></h3>

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