Rewildling is the purposeful large-scale restoration of ecosystems, aiming at undoing the damage people have done to the environment, and then allowing nature to take care of itself.
Rewilding Britain (rewildingbritain.org.uk), founded in 2015, is a charity set on tackling climate breakdown, the extinction crisis and reversing the unprecedented collapse in UK wildlife, which has left 56 per cent of species in decline and 15 per cent threatened with extinction. Red squirrels, capercaillie, and pollinating insects such as the great yellow bumblebee are among many species facing a bleak future.
The charity does not own land itself, but acts as a catalyst for rewilding initiatives, guides and supports rewildling projects, and lobbies government and corporations on behalf of the natural world.