REWILDING IN NORTHERN EUROPE 

A webinar arranged by the SCB Nordic Chapter

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

09:00-12:00 and 13:00-16:00 CET

Updated Program and Speakers' Short Bios (Download PDF)

SCHEDULE 

Morning Session 09:00-12:00 (CET)

09:00         Welcome from Nordic Chapter of SCB

Chair:        Nordic Chapter: Åsa Berggren | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala

09:10         Keynote: Trophic Rewilding – Ecological and Evolutionary Background, Current Implementation Outcomes, and Future Prospects

Jens Christian Svenning | Aarhus University, Denmark

10:10         Q&A discussion

10:40         Break (20 mins)

11:00         Effects of Year-round Grazing on Flora Resource Abundance and Diversity

Lasse Gottlieb | University of Copenhagen, Denmark

11:20         Key Players in Rewilded Landscapes: Herbivores, Fires and their Effect on Woody and Herbaceous Plant Communities

Karin Amsten | Nordens Ark, Sweden

11:40         Q&A discussion

12:00         End of the morning session 

 

Afternoon Session 13:00-16:00 (CET)

13:00         Welcome back to the afternoon session

Chair:         SCB Europe Nordic Chapter: TBA | TBA

13:05         Rewilding Sweden: Identifying Missing Parts – a Jigsaw Puzzle Approach to Rewilding

Henrik Persson |Rewilding Sweden

13:25         Rewilding and Ecosystem Resilience

Pil Birkefeldt Møller Pederson |Aarhus University, Denmark

13:45        A Baseline for Restoring Natural Densities of Large Herbivores in Temperate Ecosystems

Camilla Fløjgaard |Aarhus University, Denmark

14:05        Fauna Restoration in Sweden: Past, Present, Future

Carl-Gustaf Thulin | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

14:25         Q&A discussion

14:40         Keynote: Landscape Rewilding Realizes Indigenous and Community Rights

Tero Mustonen | Snowchange, Finland

15:10        Keynote: The Ethical Implications of Accepting Rewilding as a Target in Ecological Restoration

Rasmus Ejrnæs |Aarhus University, Denmark

15:40         Q&A final discussion

16:00         End of the afternoon session

REGISTRATION

The webinar is free of charge. All participants must register via the following link which will provide a zoom link for the entire SCB Europe Section webinar week, including the REWILDING IN NORTHERN EUROPE: https://bit.ly/3Q7KRwO

Direct questions to: NordicChapter@conbio.org