Rewilding teacher toolkit
For much of human history most of the world’s land was wild, either forest or wild grasslands. Over the last few centuries this has changed dramatically and now half of all habitable land is used for agriculture. The expansion of agriculture has been one of humanity’s largest impacts on the environment. But we only need around a third of this land to feed the world.
It is possible for us to reverse the effects of our impact on the planet, and the key to this is rewilding.
What is Rewilding?
Rewilding is about helping nature take care of itself by letting natural processes repair and restore damaged landscapes. Through rewilding, wildlife's natural rhythms create wilder habitats with more biodiversity.
What is Biodiversity?
Ecosystem Engineers
Beavers are amazing animals. Not only do they build dams, have orange teeth and stay underwater for up to eight minutes they can also help us fight climate change. How?
Which of the following statements about Beavers are true and which are myths?
How Beavers can help with the fight against climate change
Congratulations! You now understand how important rewilding is to the health of our planet and how rewilding projects like the reintroduction of Beavers to the Knapdale estate can help. In the ITZA Rewilding learning experience we look at one of the world’s greatest rewilding success stories in Yellowstone National park. Take a look, there are quizzes and you can even earn Yakka for your work, which can be exchanged for cool prizes.
Head over to itza.io for the One Planet Rewilding Challenge.