This year has shown that more and more people want to be a part of rewilding and understand the role it must play in tackling the climate and biodiversity crises. More than four in five Britons now support rewilding, and 77% believe the government should be doing more to reverse the decline of nature in Britain, according to polling we undertook with YouGov this year.

Rewilding cannot flourish without bringing people along with it – and 2025 promises a range of exciting species being reintroduced to Britain, from eagles to tauros.

Rewilding is the large-scale restoration of nature to the point where it can take care of itself. It not only offers hope for tackling the nature and climate crises, but has the potential to create a cascade of social and economic benefits for people and communities. People – pioneers, communities, activists, ecologists – are at the heart of rewilding, as these moments from 2024 (alongside hundreds of others) show.