Rewilding Futures: Shaping Tomorrow's Wild

Bev Nichols and Rachel Gardner will set out Forestry England’s ambitions to push nature recovery at pace and scale, restoring natural processes to more than 8000 ha of the nation’s forests and recovering missing species. Uniquely placed as the country’s largest land manager, Forestry England’s Forest Wilding Programme builds on the government’s 25 year Environment Plan goals and drives forward their Growing the Future and Biodiversity Plan. This is a journey of innovation – led by nature and supported through reinstating, accelerating and replicating natural processes and species reintroduction. The vision is holistic: fully-functioning forest ecosystems, where sustainable timber production sits hand-in-hand with the most valuable places for wildlife to thrive and expand in England, and where there is inherent resilience to emerging threats such as disease and climate change. These ambitions cannot be met alone, with partnerships key to successful delivery in the nation’s forests and beyond.