What they do
Rewilding Europe is a pan-European initiative working across 14 rewilding areas in 10 countries. Projects include European bison reintroduction, river restoration, hunting concession conversion, and the development of nature-based economies. They operate Rewilding Europe Capital, an investment fund providing loans to nature-based enterprises.
Why they matter
Rewilding Europe demonstrates that conservation and economics are not opposing forces. Their Enterprise Programme helps communities build businesses around rewilded landscapes: wildlife tourism, wild food harvest, and nature-based recreation. This economic model creates local constituencies for continued rewilding, because communities benefit financially from wild nature. The scale of their work (hundreds of thousands of hectares across Europe) proves that rewilding is viable at landscape scale.
How to support
Donate to support rewilding projects across Europe. Their enterprise fund provides loans to nature-based businesses. Visit rewilding areas as a nature tourist, directly supporting the economic model that sustains conservation.
Key project to explore
The European Bison Rewilding Programme has reintroduced over 200 European bison to the wild across multiple countries, rebuilding populations of a species that was extinct in the wild by 1927.