Routledge Handbook of Rewilding

Ian Convery editor Steve Carver editor Sally Hawkins editor Rene Beyers editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:26th Aug '24

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Routledge Handbook of Rewilding cover

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the history, theory, and current practices of rewilding.

Rewilding offers a transformational paradigm shift in conservation thinking, and as such is increasingly of interest to academics, policymakers, and practitioners. However, as a rapidly emerging area of conservation, the term has often been defined and used in a variety of different ways (both temporally and spatially). There is, therefore, the need for a comprehensive assessment of this field, and the Routledge Handbook of Rewilding fills this lacuna. The handbook is organised into four sections to reflect key areas of rewilding theory, practice, and debate: the evolution of rewilding, theoretical and practical underpinnings, applications and impacts, and the ethics and philosophy of rewilding. Drawing on a range of international case studies the handbook addresses many of the key issues, including land acquisition and longer-term planning, transitioning from restoration (human-led, nature enabled) to rewilding (nature-led, human enabled), and the role of political and social transformational change.

Led by an editorial team who have extensive experience researching and practising rewilding, this handbook is essential reading for students, academics and practitioners interested in rewilding, ecological restoration, natural resource management and conservation.

'Over the course of three to four decades, rewilding has progressed from a rather obscure concept associated with radical environmentalism to a well-accepted and even mainstream paradigm for comprehensive ecosystem restoration worldwide. This handbook, edited by four founding members of the IUCN Rewilding Thematic Group, is a much-needed overview of the history, theory, practice, and debate surrounding rewilding.'

Reed F. Noss, Ph.D., Florida Institute for Conservation Science, Conservation Science, Inc.

'A much-needed source of information and inspiration for the growing community of people working to help Nature heal, the Routledge Handbook of Rewilding teaches us how to restore missing species, including large carnivores and other keystone species; reconnect wildlife habitats; expand wilderness and parks; and coexist with all our neighbours, wild and human. "Rewilding" has taken root and ramified widely in the decades since North American wilderness champions coined the term; and this book - which will challenge as well as motivate all readers - shows how the varying branches of work can rewild lands and waters from Scotland to Argentina, from Australia to the Yukon.'

John Davis, Executive Director, The Rewilding Institute (rewilding.org)

'With only 2-3% of land and sea functionally intact, rewilding is as necessary as it is exciting, and presents us with the opportunity to both address the past and current damage done by human "development" as well as to create a new relationship between ourselves and nature. This book comes at a pivotal time, framing the history, practice, practitioners and promise of the rewilding work that is essential to addressing the twin crises of climate breakdown and the extinction emergency. Rewilding is a pathway to a new and hopeful future.'

Magnus Sylvén, Co-Director, Global Rewilding Alliance (GRA) and Vance G. Martin, WILD Foundation; GRA; Wilderness Specialist Group (IUCN/WCPA)

'This book provides rich and diverse contribution to our understanding of the theory, principles and practical application of rewilding from around the world.'

Rebecca Wrigley, Rewilding Britain

ISBN: 9780367564490

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 775g

396 pages