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Held on September 3rd and 4th, 2024, the first Rewilding Voices edition focused on the “Potentials of rewilding”. Participants from wildE and other rewilding organizations joined forces to explore the potentials of rewilding, while visiting the iconic rewilding site of Gelderse Poort and showcasing the area’s key benefits.
This interview features Wouter Helmer, independent ecologist and co-founder of Rewilding Europe, as he shares his vision of rewilding potential and funding opportunities, the Gelderse Poort case study and a personal rewilding story.
Rewilding Voices is an initiative from the wildE project. It involves a series of filmed interviews and discussions with a small number of participants about rewilding in relation to different topics, such as agriculture, economy, etc. During the next 3 years, wildE will host several dialogues that will contribute to the debate around rewilding, bringing together different views from wildE partners and other relevant stakeholders to explore pathways for its upscaling.
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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the grant agreement number 101081251.
Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
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Interviewee: Wouter Helmer, independent ecologist and co-founder of Rewilding Europe
Direction and Direction of Photography: Maria Nuñez Rodriguez, Margaux Ysebaert, Rachelle Cividino (IUCN EURO)
Video Edition: Ivan Gajos (Oppla)
