Introduction
The concept of rewilding was first discussed in 1992 by Dave Foreman (Pettorelli et al. 2019: loc. 421), but it is a term that has appeared more regularly in recent discourse. The word covers a broad range of ecological approaches and has become synonymous with supporting biodiversity increase (Pettorelli et al. 2018). It is referred to in a variety of contexts from letting lawns and grass verges grow wild to introducing controversial taxonomy proxies (species substitutes) into new areas in order to compensate for lost species (Trouwborst 2021). This paper focuses on the interaction between rewilding and legal regulation.
The term ‘rewilding’ refers to a wide-ranging nature conservation approach, with multiple meanings and definitions, and the lack of a single definition may be problematic in terms of legal regulation and support. Nature conservation law has developed based on more traditional conservation methods. Thus, the law is not necessarily equipped to include rewi...




