ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF REWILDING

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 practiti