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 The first seminar included an overview of rewilding, highlighting some of the areas in which we expect that the mathematical sciences could have an impact. This was followed by a response/discussion led by mathematical scientists.  There were then opportunities for informal discussion as well.  The session closed with a wrap-up in which we captured the most promising lines to follow up at the next seminar.  

Further information about Rewilding of Mathematics can be found here.

Rewilding background reading

`Rewilding’ edited by Pettorelli, Durant and du Toit, CUP https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108560962

For example, Chapters 1, 2, 4, 5 and 20 provide a solid grounding in the subject, with a look to the future in Chapter 20.

The following papers are available open access through the supplied links and are also recommended:

du Toit JT, Pettorelli N. The differences between rewilding and restoring an ecologically degraded landscape. J Appl Ecol. 2019; 56:2467–2471.  

https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.13487

du Toit JT (2023) Steps to operationalize a rewilding decision: Focus on functional types. Front. Ecol. Evol. 11:1114856.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1114856/full