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Rewilding Challenge Fund launches

Introducing a major new 100,000 funding opportunity, awarded to one large-scale rewilding project every year. Its time to Think Big, Act Wild!

Person in cairngorns — © Ali Elliott / Unsplash

Scotland’s new national park consultation

The Scottish Governments nature agency NatureScot announced the public consultation for a new national park for Scotland.

Nightingale — © Martin Pelanek / Shutterstock

Delaying ELM amounts to attack on nature

Delaying the world-class ELM scheme and diluting nature recovery would be a kick in the teeth’ for millions of people and a betrayal of farmers.

ELM Landscape Recovery pilot scheme

UK Government’s announcement of 22 large-scale “landscape recovery” pilot projects is “generationally significant opportunity.”

Margaret Pool, chair of the Langholm Initiative until late 2022, pictured on Tarras Valley Nature Reserve — © Shona Dickson

The success of the Langholm Initiative

Rewilding Britain donates £20,000 to one of the UK’s largest community nature restoration projects hoping to double the new Tarras Valley Nature Reserve

Seagrass and crab in seagrass bed — © Seawilding

New Innovation Fund launched

Rewilding Britain is launching the UKs first Rewilding Innovation Fund to boost locally led land and marine nature recovery projects across Britain.

Four in five Britons support rewilding, poll finds

Opinion poll shows that 81% of Britons support rewilding, with 40% strongly supportive and just 5% of people opposed.

White tailed sea eagle — © Binson/Shutterstock

UK Government’s response to Glover Review

The Government’s failure to adopt the Glover Review’s recommendations for wilder national parks is a huge missed opportunity for nature, climate and people.

Response to new Environmental Land Management schemes

Rewilding Britain’s response to Government’s ELM scheme, including a Local Nature Recovery & Landscape Recovery scheme paving way for rewilding projects

Horned beef company owners in field with cow — © Horned Beef Company

Report: Rewilding diversifies and boosts coastal and rural jobs

Our new report states that rewilding can increase and diversify rural & coastal jobs while helping Britain meet biodiversity and climate commitments.

Roe in morning light — © Neil McIntyre/scotlandbigpicture.com

Let nature create a million acres of new woodland

Over a million acres of new tree cover could be created in England simply by letting existing woodland regenerate and spread, new research shows.

20% of national park land is nature-impoverished grouse moor

New research reveals nature-impoverished intensively-managed grouse moors cover over three-quarters of a million acres of Britain’s national parks.

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