Instant Insights: Rewilding in agriculture
Various authors · Professor Thomas A. Jones · Dr Kiarrah J. Smith · Dr Iain J. Gordon · Dr Belinda A. Wilson · Professor Adrian D. Manning · Professor Christopher R. Dickman · Dr Aaron C. Greenville · Dr Glenda M. Wardle
May 2026 · Burleigh Dodds Science: Instant Insights Book 126 · Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
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This book features three peer-reviewed reviews on rewilding in agriculture.
The first chapter highlights the diversity of best practices used to rewild grasslands and rangelands, including those used to restore biological soil crusts, apply prescribed fire, increase stand establishment and persistence, overcome soil limitations, rectify nutrient pollution, and sequester soil carbon. The chapter also provides a case study on the restoration of sagebrush-steppe rangelands in the state of Utah, USA.
The second chapter provides an overview of the trade-offs related to animal rewilding in agroecosystems (e.g. ecosystem services versus disservices). The chapter also discusses three key management trends the authors foresee will facilitate net positive outcomes in animal rewilding: capturing wild provisioning services, coordinating broad spatial heterogeneity in land use and employing coexistence conservation tactics.
The final chapter outlines the benefits and challenges of rewilding in Australia and New Zealand and references four case studies to study this. The first two describe rewildings on formerly degraded agricultural land (Tiritiri Matangi Island, Scotia Sanctuary), while the third posits a conceptual rewilding program using a continental top predator, the dingo. The fourth case study describes a digitally-enabled survey and monitoring system on a mixed-agriculture farm that provides a step towards rewilding such landscapes in future.
The first chapter highlights the diversity of best practices used to rewild grasslands and rangelands, including those used to restore biological soil crusts, apply prescribed fire, increase stand establishment and persistence, overcome soil limitations, rectify nutrient pollution, and sequester soil carbon. The chapter also provides a case study on the restoration of sagebrush-steppe rangelands in the state of Utah, USA.
The second chapter provides an overview of the trade-offs related to animal rewilding in agroecosystems (e.g. ecosystem services versus disservices). The chapter also discusses three key management trends the authors foresee will facilitate net positive outcomes in animal rewilding: capturing wild provisioning services, coordinating broad spatial heterogeneity in land use and employing coexistence conservation tactics.
The final chapter outlines the benefits and challenges of rewilding in Australia and New Zealand and references four case studies to study this. The first two describe rewildings on formerly degraded agricultural land (Tiritiri Matangi Island, Scotia Sanctuary), while the third posits a conceptual rewilding program using a continental top predator, the dingo. The fourth case study describes a digitally-enabled survey and monitoring system on a mixed-agriculture farm that provides a step towards rewilding such landscapes in future.
This book features three peer-reviewed reviews on rewilding in agriculture.
The first chapter highlights the diversity of best practices used to rewild grasslands and rangelands, including those used to restore biological soil crusts, apply prescribed fire, increase stand establishment and persi...
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Dr Chris Dickman is an Emeritus Professor in Ecology at the University of Sydney and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. He is the recipient of several national and international awards, including New South Wales Plant and Animal Scientist of the Year in 2010. His work focuses mostly on mammals and other vertebrates, and encompasses wide-ranging projects in applied conservation and management, in particular seeking to understand and manage the impacts of introduced predators on native fauna.
Dr Chris Dickman is an Emeritus Professor in Ecology at the University of Sydney and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. He is the recipient of several national and international awards, including New South Wales Plant and Animal Scientist of the Year in 2010. His work focuses mostly o...
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