Rewilding

Question 1

Provide an example of a rewilding project.

Answer 1

The Knepp estate
Milovice Reserve in Czech Republic

Question 2

What is the difference between conservation projects and Rewilding?

Answer 2

Conservation projects -
Have specific aims and targets (e.g. prevent biodiversity loss, take place on land of high ecological value, and use pre-colonial ecosystems as a baseline).
Rewilding -
This is process-driven and aims to restore natural processes and thereby increase biodiversity.

Question 3

What are the key features of Rewilding?

Answer 3

Large core protected areas
Ecological connectivity
Keystone species and trophic cascades
Implementing the 3C’s models
- Cores, corridors and Carnivores

Question 4

What is principle 1 of rewilding?

Answer 4

Rewilding utilizes wildlife to restore trophic interactions.
Aim- to establish a self-sustaining ecosystem.

Question 5

What is principle 2 of rewilding?

Answer 5

Rewilding employs landscape-scale planning that considers core areas, connectivity, and co-existence.

Question 6

What is principle 3 of rewilding?

Answer 6

Focuses on the recovery of ecological processes, interactions, and conditions based on reference ecosystems.

Question 7

When can reintroductions and proxies be used?

Answer 7

When a species is locally extinct
When a keystone species is globally extinct. This can be replaced by non-native/domesticated proxies to perform the same role.