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  • Cork oak mosaique landscape PORTUGAL/FAIA BRAVA NATURE RESERVE, CÔA VALLEY, DOURO The Faia Brava reserve is part of the greater Côa valley and one of the wildest areas in Portugal. Here the traditional small-scale agriculture and shepherd life is rapidly disappearing and lands are becoming abandoned. In 2011, Portugal had some 2 million hectares of abandoned farmland, and across the EU each year another million hectares of low-yield farm and pasture lands are being abandoned. This has many reasons, but mainly it seems to be because young Europeans simply don’t want to be goatherds, shepherds or subsistence farmers any more, instead preferring the more comfortable life in a town or a city. The old farm and pasture lands now rapidly turn into dense bush, and a lot of species disappear that are connected to the open landscapes. The risk for devastating forest fires also increases a lot with much more dry bush matter available in the landscape. The Rewilding Europe initiative is about trying to turn these problems into opportunities instead. Can we use nature in new ways, that might be even more respectful to nature itself and at the same time more profitable for man? Especially since several of the traditional ways most obviously are not working anymore in quite large areas of Europe. The Faia Brava nature reserve is part of the Rewilding Europe initiative and it is owned and run by Associação Transumância e Natureza (ATN). The Côa valley is the largest outdoor rock carving site in Europe, with carvings dating from 35,000 years ago up to present. The main theme of these carvings is very clear: aurochs, wild horses, ibex and red deer. All of them extinct today in the area, but also all on the list for reintroduction through the Rewilding Europe initiative. Photo: Staffan Widstrand/Wild Wonders of Europe
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  • House ruins, abandoned since the Balkan war  1991-1995, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-27-082248.jpg
  • Safari tour operator Rudi Katic at Velebit Photo Safaris, Paklenica National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-26-193756.jpg
  • Safari tour operator Velebit Photo Safaris,Paklenica National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-26-192551.jpg
  • North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-24-054839.jpg
  • Wildlife watching location Veliki Loma, North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-24-110335.jpg
  • North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-24-055050.jpg
  • North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-24-054612.jpg
  • Eurasian brown bear, Ursus arctos, at wildlife watching place, North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-23-201139.jpg
  • Bicyclists/mountain bikers in a long distance race with goal in Velebit, North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-23-114230.jpg
  • Locals cutting firewood for the winter, North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-23-092020.jpg
  • Fritillary butterfly, Melitea sp.,North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-23-090602_01.jpg
  • Common buzzard, Buteo buteo, North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-22-111317.jpg
  • Squacco heron, Ardeola ralloides, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    MLU_20130619_180141_82.jpg
  • Romanian farmer harvesting reed beds, Phragmites communis, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania.
    MLU_20130618_162304_27US.jpg
  • Tulove Grede rock formations, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-27-185043.jpg
  • House ruins, abandoned since the Balkan war  1991-1995, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-27-082742.jpg
  • House ruins, abandoned since the Balkan war  1991-1995, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-27-082110.jpg
  • Wild Bosnian mountain horses, Equus caballus, Paklenica National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-26-190829.jpg
  • Wild Bosnian mountain horses, Equus caballus, Paklenica National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-26-190608.jpg
  • Safari tour operator Velebit Photo Safaris, Paklenica National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-26-183128_02.jpg
  • Common Hornbeam, Carpinus betulus, and Beech trees, Fagus silvatica, North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-24-200443.jpg
  • Roe deer male, Capreolus capreolus, North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-24-171658B.jpg
  • Fir, Abies, Beech, Fagus Silvatica and Spruce, Picea abies, Old-growth virgin forest in Special Forest Reserve,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-24-073651.jpg
  • Fir, Abies, Beech, Fagus Silvatica and Spruce, Picea abies, Old-growth virgin forest in Special Forest Reserve,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-24-071424.jpg
  • Large-flowered calamint/Mint savory, Calamintha grandiflora, North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-23-081557.jpg
  • Rewilding Europe local project team meeting, Alpine grasslands in the Tarku mountains Natura 2000 site, Southern Carpathians, Romania, Rewilding Europe site
    SWD-2011-06-21-192600.jpg
  • Great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
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  • Night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
    MLU_20130619_180930_58.jpg
  • Land mine warning, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-27-182629.jpg
  • House ruins, abandoned since the Balkan war  1991-1995, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-27-082805.jpg
  • Abandoned fields groiwing with bush, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-27-080840.jpg
  • Abandoned grazing lands, Zlatni Rog/Puskar area, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-27-072217.jpg
  • Abandoned grazing lands, Zlatni Rog/Puskar area, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-27-071824.jpg
  • Paklenica National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-26-213126.jpg
  • Wild Bosnian mountain horses, Equus caballus, Paklenica National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-26-190705.jpg
  • Safari tour operator Velebit Photo Safaris, Paklenica National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-26-175143_01.jpg
  • Balkan Chamois, Rupicapra rupicapra balkanica, Gems,  Paklenica National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-26-072224_02.jpg
  • Abandoned houses from the Balkan war 1991-1995, outside Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-25-200323.jpg
  • Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-25-072011.jpg
  • Roe deer male, Capreolus capreolus, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-25-061143.jpg
  • North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-24-185035.jpg
  • Fir, Abies, Beech, Fagus Silvatica and Spruce, Picea abies, Old-growth virgin forest in Special Forest Reserve,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-24-080936.jpg
  • Fir, Abies, Beech, Fagus Silvatica and Spruce, Picea abies, Old-growth virgin forest in Special Forest Reserve,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-24-075527.jpg
  • Fir, Abies, Beech, Fagus Silvatica and Spruce, Picea abies, Old-growth virgin forest in Special Forest Reserve,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-24-074229.jpg
  • Fir, Abies, Beech, Fagus Silvatica and Spruce, Picea abies, Old-growth virgin forest in Special Forest Reserve,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-24-072347.jpg
  • North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-24-054340.jpg
  • Eurasian brown bear, Ursus arctos, at wildlife watching place, North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-23-203455_01.jpg
  • Eurasian brown bear, Ursus arctos, at wildlife watching place, North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-23-201854_01.jpg
  • Eurasian brown bear, Ursus arctos, at wildlife watching place, North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-23-200424.jpg
  • Bicyclists/mountain bikers in a long distance race with goal in Velebit, North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-23-114843.jpg
  • Bicyclists/mountain bikers in a long distance race with goal in Velebit, North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-23-112117_01.jpg
  • Fritillary butterfly, Melitea sp.,North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-23-090629.jpg
  • Flowering field with Verbascum speciosum and  Echium and Leucanthemum, North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-23-083514.jpg
  • Tuberous thistle, Cirsium tuberosum, North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-23-081119.jpg
  • Orange fire lily, Lilium bulbiferum, North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-23-080756.jpg
  • Wildlife watching place, North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-22-204744.jpg
  • Wildlife watching place, North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-22-192648.jpg
  • Land mine warnings, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-22-112316.jpg
  • Prize winning bee keeper Sanjin Zarkovic at his bee farm in Melnice,  Honey bees, Apis mellifera, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-21-181101.jpg
  • Prize winning bee keeper Sanjin Zarkovic at his bee farm in Melnice,  Honey bees, Apis mellifera, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-21-175142.jpg
  • Harvesting reed beds, Phragmites communis, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania.
    MLU_20130618_163407_53US.jpg
  • Faia Brava reserve, Coa valley, Portugal, Western Iberia rewilding area
    SWD-2013-06-01-220030.jpg
  • Adriatic coast, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-22-064852.jpg
  • Adriatic coast, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-21-195807.jpg
  • Tuberous thistle, Cirsium tuberosum, North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-23-081119.jpg
  • Tulove Grede rock formations, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-27-190917.jpg
  • Land mine warning, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-27-183317.jpg
  • House ruins, abandoned since the Balkan war  1991-1995, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-27-082221.jpg
  • Abandoned farm houses, Zlatni Rog/Puskar area, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-27-073553.jpg
  • Abandoned grazing lands, Zlatni Rog/Puskar area, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-27-072012.jpg
  • Abandoned grazing lands, Zlatni Rog/Puskar area, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-27-061452.jpg
  • Safari tour operator Rudi Katic at Velebit Photo Safaris, Paklenica National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-26-211737_01.jpg
  • Paklenica National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-26-183303.jpg
  • Safari tour operator Velebit Photo Safaris, Paklenica National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-26-182750.jpg
  • Safari tour operator Velebit Photo Safaris, Paklenica National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-26-175032.jpg
  • Rock climbers, Paklenica National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-26-105820.jpg
  • Safari tour operator Velebit Photo Safaris, Paklenica National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-26-171537.jpg
  • Rock climbers, Paklenica National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-26-104900.jpg
  • Rock climbers, Paklenica National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-26-104823.jpg
  • Hikers, Paklenica National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-26-095225_02.jpg
  • Hikers, Paklenica National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-26-092133_01B.jpg
  • Balkan Chamois, Rupicapra rupicapra balkanica, Gems,  Paklenica National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-26-072957.jpg
  • Wildlife is popular as symbols, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-25-192605.jpg
  • Houses in Gospic, damaged by the war, now slowly repaired, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-25-101117.jpg
  • Houses in Gospic, damaged by the war, now slowly repaired, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-25-102113.jpg
  • Abandoned houses, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-25-074949.jpg
  • Fir and spuce forest, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-25-054908.jpg
  • Common Hornbeam, Carpinus betulus, and Beech trees, Fagus silvatica, North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-24-195423.jpg
  • Abandoned grazing lands, now only for summer cottages, Alan, North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-24-182359.jpg
  • Fir, Abies, Beech, Fagus Silvatica and Spruce, Picea abies, Old-growth virgin forest in Special Forest Reserve,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-24-080504.jpg
  • Fir, Abies, Beech, Fagus Silvatica and Spruce, Picea abies, Old-growth virgin forest in Special Forest Reserve,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-24-073128.jpg
  • Fir, Abies, Beech, Fagus Silvatica and Spruce, Picea abies, Old-growth virgin forest in Special Forest Reserve,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-24-073041.jpg
  • Fir, Abies, Beech, Fagus Silvatica and Spruce, Picea abies, Old-growth virgin forest in Special Forest Reserve,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-24-072825.jpg
  • North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-24-053905_1.jpg
  • Eurasian brown bear, Ursus arctos, at wildlife watching place, North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-23-200821.jpg
  • Beech tree, Fagus silvatica, tree trunks logged inside the forest, North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-23-134913.jpg
  • Beech tree, Fagus silvatica, tree trunks logged inside the forest, North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-23-134830.jpg
  • Roses, Rosa sp. North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-23-092217.jpg
  • Locals cutting firewood for the winter, North Velebit National Park,  Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe rewilding area, Velebit  mountains, Croatia
    SWD-2012-06-23-092305.jpg
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