• making rewilding happen for nature, climate and people WATCH OUR FILM

    making rewilding happen

    for nature, climate and people

    WATCH OUR FILM

  • making rewilding happen for nature, climate and people WATCH OUR FILM

    making rewilding happen

    for nature, climate and people

    WATCH OUR FILM

  • making rewilding happen for nature, climate and people WATCH OUR FILM

    making rewilding happen

    for nature, climate and people

    WATCH OUR FILM

We are a charity working to make rewilding happen across Scotland, as a solution to the climate and biodiversity crises.

WHAT IS REWILDING?

OUR WORK

Our vision is of a vast network of rewilded land and water across Scotland, where wildlife flourishes and people thrive. To achieve this, we work across two focus areas:

DRIVING SUPPORT FOR REWILDING

DRIVING SUPPORT FOR REWILDING

We push the boundaries for nature recovery using impactful communications and advocacy, so that more people embrace rewilding as a solution to the climate and biodiversity crises.

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Could eating more venison support nature recovery?

Could eating more venison support nature recovery?

Words by Hugh Webster
Illustration by Gemma Shooter
Images by Peter Cairns and Mark Hamblin

Scotland’s deer population is unsustainably high, especially in the lowlands and our expanding forests. Where there are too many deer for the local environment, they can block nature recovery – so numbers must be managed. But deer management is expensive, raising the question: could these costs be met, at least partly, by growing Scotland’s wild venison market? 

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Carnivore Country?

Carnivore Country?

Images by Mark Hamblin
Words & Images by Hugh Webster

Slovenia now boasts some of the highest densities of brown bears in the world, while wolf numbers are recovering and lynx have been successfully reintroduced. But this success has been hard won, reflecting a deliberate and sustained focus on maintaining a healthy balance between nature conservation and the needs of human communities.

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Aiming High

Aiming High

Images by Mark Hamblin and Peter Cairns
Words & Images by Hugh Webster

By carefully reducing deer numbers, deer stalkers are tackling Scotland’s overgrazing problem, allowing montane woodlands to recover and vital peatlands to heal. Shooting deer is part of the job, but this small group of unsung conservation heroes aren’t just hunters – they’re naturalists and historians with unrivalled local knowledge. For ecologist and Corrour Estate’s Conservation Manager, Sarah Watts, tackling the biodiversity crisis without their help is simply unimaginable.

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