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Meaning

I am losing track here since the previous discussion on rewilding seems to have disappeared, but the meaning of rewilding must not be sidetracked down a road that only leads to a project on releasing tigers. It has much, much wider implications than that, as is reflected in this version of the article - or wikipedia just becomes propaganda for one view. 11:41, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

More reliable references

It seems that there is a misunderstand from a particular user regarding Wikipedia's policies. Wikipedia is trying to become a more reliable site, with its articles having more support from reliable references.

It seems that the previous edit of the Rewilding page based on Rewilding of Endangered Carnivores and Tigers seem to be the most updated rewilding issue everyone is talking about. Furthermore, if one were to really look through the references, we can see that the previous article seems much more supported.

It may seem more one-sided to some, however at least it has good support for its statements and more relevant to today's "rewilding" process.

LeoGard (talk) 16:33, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support for Dr Caroline Fraser

Dr Fraser is the author of the book entitled Rewilding the World: Dispatches from the Conservation Revolution, published late last year. It would seem that Dr Fraser is sufficiently informed on the current trends in rewidling for her entry to Wikipedia about this subject to have considerable merit. I urge people to think carefully (and do their research) before making any changes. Dr Mark Fisher, Wildlands Research institute, University of Leeds Self willed (talk) 14:31, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Rewilding_(Carnivores)

Wikipedians researching this article's topic may be interested in the above AfD. Note also that an account which edited this article and related articles, User:LeoGard, was indefinitely banned as a suspected sockpuppet in February of 2011 in a related investigation: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/China's Tiger/Archive. --❨Ṩtruthious ℬandersnatch❩ 05:27, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Rewilding in Europe

It it fascinating how the current text of this article (Rewilding (conservation biology)) makes it a sort of American invention. The truth is that these ideas were alive in Europe much earlier. Actually in 1990 such ideas were the basis of the Dutch governmental policy nl:Ecologische hoofdstructuur. This means that years before that people started thinking about the issue and lobbying for their proposals. As far as I am aware of the first ideas can be found in the nl:Stichting Kritisch Bosbeheer which was founded in 1977 (under a a slightly different name). The most influential rewilding project from the early days is probably the Oostvaardersplassen. Another example from the Netherlands is nl:Plan Ooievaar from 1986.

So while in the USA the term wasn't even coined, in the Netherlands concrete plans were implemented by the government. Taka (talk) 06:35, 13 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid rewilding did originate as a concept in America. The Oostvaardersplassen has never been about rewilding, it is about Nature Development - see De Vires, M. F. (1995). Large herbivores and the design of large‐scale nature reserves in western Europe. Conservation biology, 9(1), 25-33 - as is also the case of Plan Ooievaar where you will find the word "natuurontwikkeling" in the text. Unfortunately, this misinterpretation of nature development as rewilding has caused a significant drift in the meaning of rewilding across Europe, and which works only to the benefit of the agenda of a small minority. The recently formed IUCN Task Force on Rewilding aims to rectify this, and rehabilitate the meaning of rewilding. Self willed (talk) 17:42, 1 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]