Rewilding Futures: Shaping Tomorrow's Wild

A roundtable session to discuss the detail of the IUCN Rewilding Guidelines under development. The session leaders will introduce the previous work of the RTG including developing a unifying global definition of rewilding and a set of ten guiding principles, as outlined in Carver et al. (2021). The interactive element of the roundtable will explore a number of key rewilding topics and questions, including: differences and commonalities between rewilding and ecological restoration, the role of rewilding in carbon cycles and mitigating climate change effects, reducing biodiversity loss and ‘bending the curve’, reinstating species and trophic interactions. The roundtable will also consider issues of intrinsic value of wild nature and the need for a paradigm shift in human relationships with nature and natural processes. The participants will have the opportunity to participate as a standing panel of experts and continue to input into the guidelines process.