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A South African reserve shows how carbon can catalyze rewilding conservationMarch 2026

by ACC Admin | May 11, 2026 | 2026, Introductory, Press Article, Resources

TSWALU KALAHARI RESERVE, South Africa — From high on a promontory in the Korannaberg Mountains, a mountain zebra (Equus zebra hartmannae) peers down to the west across the green-dappled plain below, the sun rising behind. In the distance, wild dogs (Lycaon pictus)...
Animating the Carbon Cycle – TWS WebinarsAugust 2025

Animating the Carbon Cycle – TWS WebinarsAugust 2025

by ACC Admin | Aug 29, 2025 | 2025, Event, More In-depth, Resources

The webinar presents the latest scientific insights about how animal species restoration and conservation can contribute to nature-based climate solutions via their underappreciated functional roles in protecting and enhancing carbon capture and storage across a broad...

Yellowstone’s free-moving large bison herds provide a glimpse of their past ecosystem functionAugust 2025

by ACC Admin | Aug 28, 2025 | 2025, Peer Reviewed Scientific Paper, Resources, Technical / Scientific

Editor’s summary Bison once migrated across the western United States in enormous herds, shaping the landscape in ways that they currently cannot because smaller populations are now mainly constrained to specific properties. The population in Yellowstone National Park...

Rewilding the climate: How a surprising twist on rewilding could help settle our carbon debtMarch 2025

by ACC Admin | Mar 24, 2025 | 2025, More In-depth, Press Article, Resources

In the Țarcu mountains of Romania, a pioneering experiment is changing the atmosphere around rewilding. Starting in 2014, around 100 European bison were gradually reintroduced to the area, having been wiped out by hunting more than 200 years ago. They now number more...

Wildlife Guidelines for NDCs – Integrating wildlife conservation into national climate action plansNovember 2024

by ACC Admin | Nov 1, 2024 | 2024, Briefing for Policy-makers and Decision-makers, More In-depth, Resources

Wildlifeguidelines forNDCs Integratingwildlife conservationintonational climateactionplans 2 3 International Fund for Animal Welfare Wildlife Guidelines for NDCs 2 Vision & mission 4 Executive summary Introduction 8 Introduction Why should countries include...
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