BACKGROUND Rapid global change is creating fundamental challenges for the persistence
of natural ecosystems and their biodiversity. Conservation efforts aimed at the protection of …

Large herbivores and carnivores (the megafauna) have been in a state of decline and
extinction since the Late Pleistocene, both on land and more recently in the oceans. Much …

Assesses a promising new approach to restoring the health of our bodies and our planet
Most of us are familiar with probiotics added to milk or yogurt to improve gastrointestinal …

Rewilding, here defined as “the reorganisation of biota and ecosystem processes to set an
identified social–ecological system on a preferred trajectory, leading to the self‐sustaining …

Abstract Atmospheric Particulate Matter (PM) constitutes a considerable fraction of urban air
pollution, and urban greening is a potential method of mitigating this pollution. The value of …

Restoring functional ecosystems is crucial to reversing the global biodiversity and climate
crises. The concept of rewilding has gained increasing attention as a proactive tool for …

Millennia of human conflict with wildlife have built a culture of intolerance toward wildlife
among some stakeholders. We explored 2 key obstacles to improved human–wildlife …

Trophic rewilding is the introduction of species to restore top–down trophic interactions and
associated trophic cascades to promote self-regulating biodiverse ecosystems. A core …

Protecting nature is a fundamental aspect of local and Indigenous cultures that has more
recently become an urban sustainability goal. The benefits provided by nature to people and …

Although the consideration of socio-economic demands with biodiversity conservation is
now high on the environmental policy agenda, it is not yet standard practice in spatial …