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Rewilding Britain

Impact Report, including Annual Report and Accounts 2024–25

Rewilding Britain's Impact Report and Accounts 2024-25 shows the Rewilding Network passing 1,000 members and 206,500 hectares of land under transformation, alongside evidence that rewilding is driving substantial job growth in Scotland, England and Wales, and continued campaigning that helped keep nature recovery on the political agenda through the 2024 general election.

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Rewilding Network coordination and support, Innovation and Challenge Fund grants for rewilding projects, policy campaigning for nature recovery, species reintroduction support, research on rewilding's economic and social impact

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Rewilding Network has grown to more than 1,000 members, transforming over 206,500 hectares of land and 1,000 km² of sea
Key Metric 2 Full-time equivalent jobs at Scottish rewilding sites increased by 412% since rewilding began, based on analysis of 13 major projects covering almost 60,000 hectares
Key Metric 3 Full-time equivalent jobs at England and Wales rewilding sites increased by 93%, from 162 to 312, across 59 sites

Key Outcomes

  • Awarded funding toward reintroduction feasibility work, including white-tailed eagle plans in Cumbria and tauros introduction at Dundreggan
  • Rewilding Manifesto and polling showing more than four in five Brits support rewilding helped keep nature recovery on the political agenda ahead of the 2024 general election
  • Over 18,700 petition signatures and 3,000 letters sent to MPs backing the call to rewild 30% of Britain by 2030

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