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The Hopeful Story of Nature’s Healing Capacity to Mitigate Climate Change & Protect Wild Animals

The Animating the Carbon Cycle (ACC) model represents a groundbreaking approach to mitigating climate change and enhancing biodiversity. Our mission is critical and we need to spread the word.

By covering ACC, journalists and media professionals play a vital role in raising awareness about the power of nature-based solutions.

Rewilding is a hopeful and empowering story that has the power to change our relationship with wildlife and restore functional nature for a thriving future for all.

ANIMATING THE CARBON CYCLE

 

Restore entire
ecosystems

Mitigate wildfire,
flooding & drought

Keep climate heating
below 2°C

Healthy ecosystems, with all their animals, draw down vast amounts of carbon

Brown bear, Finland - Grégoire Dubois

Photo detail / credit: Brown bear, Finland – Grégoire Dubois

Nature Climate Change journal cover

PIVOTAL RESEARCH: Trophic Rewilding

Since our pivotal study by 15 scientists from 8 countries was published in Nature Climate Change in March 2023, according to Nature Climate Change’s article metrics, the study has been:

  • Accessed over 15k times
  • Referenced in 119 news outlets
  • Tweeted 1052 times

Overall, the article is in the 99th percentile (ranked 258th) of the 432,599 tracked articles of a similar age in all journals, and the 95th percentile (ranked 3rd) of the 73 tracked articles of a similar age in Nature Climate Change

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ANIMATING THE CARBON CYCLE IN THE NEWS

Our research has been featured in 70 mainstream outlets, 50 countries and translated in 12 languages

And below are just a few of the many news articles featuring the results of the first application of the Yale/GRA model (there are many more, along with reports, papers, press releases, videos and other information in the Resources Library)

Bison story screenshot

A GROUNDBREAKING STUDY: The Reintroduction of Bison in Romania

May 2024

170 European Bison, through their grazing, trampling, and seed dispersal in an area of 48 km2 of grasslands in a wider landscape of 300 km2, helped to capture approximately an additional 54,000 tonnes of carbon per year, nearly 10 times more than without the bison.

This widely shared story reached over 700 million people in just the first few days.

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FORBES: Rewilding Is The Missing Link Between Biodiversity Conservation And Climate Change

April 2023

Restoration and conservation of wild animals and their ecosystem roles are a key component of natural climate solutions that can enhance the ability to reduce climate warming beyond 1.5°C.

TIME bison story screenshot

TIME: Animals Can Save Us – If We Let Them

April 2023

Life supports life. Animals are the key. Variety and abundance are the strengths. Animals could save us. The paradox is, now, only we can save them.

A LIBRARY OF ACC INFORMATION & RESOURCES

For further information, visit our Resource Library packed with a fully searchable collection of over 60 items; articles, reports, news items, videos, scientific papers and other information about this exciting natural solution to the challenges of biodiversity loss, the climate crisis, and climate anxiety.

PRESS ENQUIRIES

If you would like to talk about the GRA/Yale ACC Model, get in touch with:

Dr Alister Scott
Director of Communications

+44 7904 500097

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SCIENTISTS & ORGANISATIONS BEHIND

This initiative is led by a partnership between the Global Rewilding Alliance and Yale School of the Environment.

This work would not have been possible without our Rewilding Champions. A great thank you to:

Biophilia Foundation, Rewilding Europe, Rewilding Chile, IFAW, André Hoffmann, Ben Goldsmith, Re:wild. We also want to thank One Earth and the WILD Foundation for helping us get started on his important initiative.

Together, this coalition advocates a very clear solution: preserving intact nature and immediately restoring and rewilding functional ecosystems at landscape and seascape scale. You can find out more about us here.