Quick Key Facts
- The United Nations has encouraged governments worldwide to rewild 2.47 billion acres of degraded land in the next several years.
- Rewilding isn’t just about adding back one or two species of plants and animals to an area; it’s about restoring and conserving whole ecosystems, from keystone species to soil, to allow them a chance to thrive.
- One of the greatest rewilding success stories of modern times is the reintroduction of gray wolves in Yellowstone National Park, which restored the balance of the entire ecosystem, from elk and deer to trees, riverbanks and songbirds.
- Of 730 ecoregions studied by scientists globally, less than 6% continue to have the extensive and intact communities of large mammals seen 500 years ago.
- According to researchers, 64% of the planet’s large carnivores that remain are facing extinction, with 80%…
Read the full article originally published at www.ecowatch.com.