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  • The native ostrich nesting zone in Patagonia is an example of a local, site-specific rewilding efforts. (Annalisa Parisi, Wikimedia Commons)
    What Is Rewilding?
    Rory Boothe
    Rewilding is a term coined in the 1990s by those working in conservation and environmental activism. It refers to large-scale wilderness recovery that allows natural processes and native wildlife to flourish in its proper place.