This month the Scottish Rewilding Alliance launched a call to make Scotland a ‘rewilding nation’. We take a look at what marine rewilding is, and how ecological restoration in Scotland’s seas can be led by communities
A recent opinion poll of Scotland’s adult population found that over 75% of people supported ‘rewilding’. Rewilding is environmental action on a “large-scale” which aims to reintroduce locally extinct species and “restore ecosystems.”
As a member of the Scottish Rewilding Alliance, we see this as hugely significant. It demonstrates that a strong majority in Scottish society are in favour of rewilding, and that there is a general recognition that we need to improve the ecological health of our country. We might not all be out-and-out ‘greenies’, but there is a mainstream respect for our natural heritage and awareness that we need to live in balance with [Read more…]
