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Rewilding is the return of natural species and ecosystems to areas where they have been eradicated. This includes large-scale conservation aimed at restoring and protecting natural processes and core wilderness areas, providing connectivity between such areas, and protecting or reintroducing apex predators and keystone species. It also includes the return of wild plants and animals to spaces intended for humans, as well as the primitivist philosophy of rewilding humanity.

Rewilding is the return of natural species and ecosystems to areas where they have been eradicated. This includes large-scale conservation aimed at restoring and protecting natural processes and core wilderness areas, providing connectivity between such areas, and protecting or reintroducing apex predators and keystone species. It also includes the return of wild plants and animals to spaces intended for humans, as well as the primitivist philosophy of rewilding humanity.

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What if Clouded Leopards were reintroduced in Taiwan?

Formosan Clouded Leopard (Subspecies of Mainland Clouded Leopard, not Sunda Clouded Leopard) are extinct today, they can hunt monkeys, deer, robents, and birds there. Today Both Mainland and Sunda Clouded Leopards were listed as Vulnerable today.

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2023/03/26
15:46 UTC

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Historical range of Brown bear

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2023/03/23
17:22 UTC

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Fresh bison bull picture from pleistocene parks twitter page

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2023/03/23
16:03 UTC

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Rewilding a Suburban Yard - Episode 2

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2023/03/22
12:10 UTC

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What do you think about the proposed Wild sheep protection zone in the harz region of germany?

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2023/03/20
08:23 UTC

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I thought this was so cool to watch. Camels evolved in America and haven't been back in tens of thousands of years of years but they still know how to eat cacti, which is still only present in the new world.

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2023/03/18
05:30 UTC

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If I wanted to break into a rewilding nonprofit, would a nonprofit course be helpful? What would be?

I currently work within the state government and my job gives me a sense of purpose and fulfills my desire to help the public and the environment. However, the nonprofit sector has always seemed more flexible in what I want to do— someone please correct me if it’s not flexible.

Rewilding has always been super fascinating for me, especially rewilding nonprofits. I have daydreamed of getting my masters and working for a rewilding nonprofit, but I don’t know what I need to qualify for these positions.

I would preferably love to continue working my gov job to pay the bills and chip away at a masters or some sort of education. I am interested in many fields- env. Education, ecology, conservation, env. Communication- but I have heard if you want to qualify for NP jobs you need NP education or experience.

Does anyone work in a NP that could give tips? Qualifications for field work jobs? Could any coursework do for a NP job (masters, bachelor level, certificate)? Any recommendations for fields of studies for rewilding? Appreciate you all thanks!

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2023/03/17
03:38 UTC

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Forest of Dean/Wye Documentary

Hi friends!

My team & I are producing a rewilding and conservation wildlife documentary based in the Forest Of Dean this month.

On a reconnaissance mission, I went exploring the area in prep for the shoot. I saw boar, deer, sheep, foxes, and a cacophony of birds. Feel free to watch and, subsequently, to follow our doc!

Here's the link to our website x

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2y5z-zMcjo&t=317s

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2023/03/07
11:49 UTC

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any sites with my countries original plants? (i live in the Czech republic)

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2023/03/05
19:04 UTC

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Maderas del Carmen, Coahuila Mexico

Prosibly some of the best wilderness in Mexico and NA , Maderas del Carmen is surrounded by other protected areas in Mexico such as:

C.A.D.N.R. 004 Don Martín, Ocampo APFF, Cañón de Santa Elena APFF, Río Bravo del Norte Natural Monument.

And on the Texas side:

Big Bend NP, Big Bend Ranch State Park and Black Gap Management Area.

The region has a diverse array of ecosystems that go from low desert to mixed conifer forests, Serrania del Burro (Part of it in the protected area) has one of the highest densities of Black Bears in NA.

Source: http://sig.conanp.gob.mx/website/interactivo/vegetaci%C3%B3n/

C.A.D.N.R. 004 Don Martín is divided in two sections, this is the southern one, but is very close.

Carnivores present today in the region.

Some were extirpated like the Mexican Wolf, Grizzly Bear, Jaguar and Ocelot.

This región is already home to several big hervivores.

Bison was brought back in 2019

https://preview.redd.it/g04d388z7ela1.jpg?width=942&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=7a95f86961d942b1ec3d4c080e354e7123dc53f0

Bighorn sheep

https://www.naturalista.mx/observations/21454018

Pronghorn

https://www.naturalista.mx/observations/3989152

Elk

https://www.naturalista.mx/observations/19000465

Mule deer

https://www.naturalista.mx/observations/2733690

White Tail deer

https://www.naturalista.mx/observations/14040489

Beaver (Not large but very important in ecosystems)

https://www.naturalista.mx/observations/15335728

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2023/03/02
21:36 UTC

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What Happened to the Forest We Flooded?

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2023/03/01
04:49 UTC

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Somerset Wetland ecosystem: fantasy or possibility?

Benedict McDonald (author and naturalist) talked about a theory/rough plan he had come up with in his book "Rebirding", for an area of dairy agricultural land roughly 10km2 near Glastonbury in Somerset, England. He believed the land was not profitable for the farmers nor the government, and that by introducing beavers and proxies for primeval megafauna (not predators), he could create a habitat that Dalmatian Pelicans could be reintroduced into. Evidence (obviously from a few thousand years back) has been found of these birds in England, and with the nearest populations in Eastern Europe, they have not and will not come back on their own. He went on to say that this wetland could encourage breeding White-tailed Sea Eagles, Otters, Egrets, and other recolonising wetland specialists, as well as creating an eco tourism hotspot in the south-west. Is this an outlandish and ridiculous proposition, or could it be what the UK needs to pave the way for more projects like this?

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2023/02/26
19:13 UTC

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More bison pictures from pleistocene park, from their twitter page

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2023/02/22
00:34 UTC

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How the return of the Bison will transform Europe

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2023/02/19
02:47 UTC

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Was told to post this here

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2023/02/17
02:35 UTC

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What if those preys repopulate in the Korean Peninsula (DMZ wildlife, wildlife bridges, and national parks of South and North Korea), So, Tigers, Leopards, Lynxes, Wolves, Dholes, Bears, Eagles can have enough food for themselves. 🇰🇷 🇰🇵

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2023/02/16
03:07 UTC

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Introducing Jaguars in Florida?

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2023/02/13
22:03 UTC

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Help Protect the Dadince River

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2023/02/13
09:50 UTC

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We are rewilding a quarry - here’s why

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2023/02/13
05:44 UTC

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