Tag: rewilding

IUCN Commission for Environmental Management launches new guidance on rewilding

Stuart Mitchell

New guidelines on rewilding practice have been launched at the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025. Evolving over many years, the guidelines offer a clear, evidence-informed framework for rewilding initiatives around the world. Developed by the Rewilding Thematic Group of the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM), the guidelines are a collaborative effort involving over 60 organisations. Aimed at practitioners, policymakers and communities, they include foundational principles for implementing rewilding projects and for integrating rewilding into broader conservation strategies.   Acknowledging the hard work of the many Commission experts and stakeholders…

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Triodos backs first nature reserve for rewilding charity

Stuart Mitchell

Rewilding charity Heal has acquired its first landholding with the help of a £3.75 million loan from Triodos Bank UK. It will create a new nature reserve with the 460 acres near Bruton in Somerset – the first in a series of nature reserves it plans to establish in every English county. The lending marks Triodos Bank’s first loan to a rewilding project and is believed to be the first commercial loan of its kind in the UK. Heal Somerset will tackle the nature and climate crises while creating new…

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Investors offered the opportunity to support rewilding in the Scottish Highlands

Stuart Mitchell

A new partnership between leading rewilding charity Trees for Life and Triodos Bank UK aims to raise £2 million to part-fund the world’s first rewilding centre in the Scottish Highlands between Loch Ness and the Isle of Skye – an ambitious initiative for showcasing action on the nature and climate emergencies, creating green jobs, and providing people with inspiring experiences. For the first time, Triodos Bank UK – part of Europe’s leading sustainable bank – is offering investors the opportunity to invest directly in a rewilding charity, through a bond…

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