Rewilding for Climate and Biodiversity

According to Prof.dr. Georg Winkel, "wildE is a Horizon2020 project proposing a multi-disciplinary research and innovation programme that addresses the climate-biodiversity nexus in tight association with the socio-economic dimension of large-scale restoration. The partners of the project include, 

1. Forest and Nature Conservation Policy
2. Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (INRAE)
3. INRAE Transfert SAS
4. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
5. Oppla EEIG
6. University of Copenhagen
7. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
8. Centro de Investigación Ecológica y Aplicaciones Forestales
9. European Forest Institute
10. Lund University
11. Associação BIOPOLIS
12. Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature EU Representative Office
14. Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
15. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
16. Aarhus University
17. Antarr Sustainable Productive Forest, Sa
18. Biologische Station Westliches Ruhrgebiet e.V.
19. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen - KNAW
20. University of Galway
21. Coillte Teoranta
22. Sveaskog Förvaltnings AB

 The project aims to develop and implement a multi-disciplinary research programme that addresses the climate-biodiversity nexus in tight association with the socio-economic dimension of large-scale restoration, including scenarios which will demonstrate this potential under diverse land-use and climate change futures. With 8 case studies across Europe, wildE will deliver scientific insights, methods and tools for different geographic, ecological and social contexts, in order to assist EU policy makers, national governments, regions, local communities and commercial companies in embedding rewilding-type ecological restoration in their policies and plans for achieving carbon neutrality, enhancing climate adaptation and reversing biodiversity loss." 

Research themes:

- Forest & nature conservation governance

- Human nature interactions

- Role of power & knowledge in policymaking