Rewilding's social-ecological aims: integrating coexistence into a rewilding continuum

Hawkins, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1285-3006 , Carver, Steve ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4202-8234 and Convery, Ian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2527-5660 (2024) Rewilding's social-ecological aims: integrating coexistence into a rewilding continuum. Ambio .

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Abstract

This paper presents results from a grounded theory study of rewilding aims, addressing calls for broad scale studies of rewilding to contribute to the development of guidelines. The grounded theory draws from a broad set of data sourced from rewilding organizations, case studies, and research. Expressions from the data relating to rewilding aims and outcomes were coded. The results demonstrate the intentions for rewilding to affect systemic, ecological, and socio-cultural change. Outcomes to support rewilding aims are also identified. The aims and outcomes are presented under these headings in a social-ecological framework which offers a shared vision for rewilding. The significance of this research is that it demonstrates rewilding's multi-disciplinarity and engagement with systemic or transformative change. It addresses a perceived paradox between rewilding intervention and non-human autonomy, demonstrating that rewilding is not necessarily about removing human influence but affecting coexistence through more-than-human collaboration. A revised rewilding continuum integrating coexistence is proposed.

Item Type:	Article
Journal / Publication Title:	Ambio
Publisher:	Springer
ISSN:	1654-7209
Departments:	Institute of Science and Environment > Forestry and Conservation Centre for National Parks and Protected Areas (CNPPA)
Additional Information:	Sally Hawkins, Post Graduate Research Associate and Ian Convery, Professor of Environment and Society, both of the Institute for Science and Environment, University of Cumbria, UK. Steve Carver, School of Geography, University of Leeds, UK. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. This work is an outcome from the PhD research of Sally Hawkins, which was funded through a Graduate School stipend at the University of Cumbria and supervised by Ian Convery, Steve Carver, Lisa Fenton, and Darrel Smith.
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Date Deposited:	14 Jan 2025 11:07
Last Modified:	14 Jan 2025 11:21
URI:	https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/8578

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