Rewilding is a process of nature recovery that leads to healthier, nature-rich, climate-resilient ecosystems. Our vision is of a vast network of rewilded land and water across Scotland, where wildlife flourishes and people thrive.

Rewilding is a solution to a triple crisis.

Nature is in crisis, climate change is knocking on our door, and both are affecting our health and wellbeing. Faced with this triple crisis, it's easy to feel overwhelmed and lose hope.

But together, through rewilding, we can turn things around.

Your donation will:

• Support more land managers and communities to restore nature through our Northwoods Rewilding Network – a Scotland-wide chain of 80 land partners committed to nature recovery.
• Enable landscape-scale change through our Loch Abar Mòr nature restoration partnership, which covers more than 85,000 acres in the west of Scotland. 
• Fund the return of missing native species, such as beavers, wood ants and aspen, increasing biodiversity and improving ecosystem health.
• Help to influence public opinion about the return of an apex predator to Scotland as part of our Lynx to Scotland project.
• Inspire more business investment in rewilding, helping to fill the gap in funding needed for practical change.
• Drive community support for rewilding through our films, stories, education and engagement activities.

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Rewilding benefits nature.

It wasn’t so long ago that wild forests, free-flowing rivers and rich wetlands stretched across much of Scotland. Today, despite its majestic vistas, Scotland's land is emptier and poorer, its wildlife diminished.

We have to recognise what has been lost, but more importantly, imagine what could return. Rewilding creates an interconnected mosaic of habitats that support a more complex web of life.

Rewilding benefits our climate.

Science tells us that the next ten years are critical in addressing climate breakdown. Already the consequences can be seen as we experience more extreme weather events. A huge shift in our thinking is required to make the changes needed.

Nature has a ready-made solution. Woodlands, peatlands, saltmarshes and seagrass meadows soak up huge amounts of carbon. When these ecosystems function as they should, they reduce the impacts of climate change.

Rewilding benefits people.

We are spending less time in nature than ever before and both our physical and mental health is declining as we deny ourselves of nature’s ability to inspire and heal. 

A nature-rich Scotland is good for people. Beyond the joy and wonder it provides, nature is our life-support system. Clean air and water, a stable climate and fertile soils are fundamental to our very existence.

The nature, climate and wellbeing crises have a solution: rewilding. Let's turn things around. Please donate today to make rewilding happen across Scotland.