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Rewilding Sweden
NGO Garden of Eden
Non-profit organization and official Swedish partner of Rewilding Europe, focused on restoring and rewilding the vast natural landscapes of northern Sweden including the Nordic Taiga demonstration area of over 3 million hectares.
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collaboration_potential
Prime example of large-scale land stewardship integrating local indigenous economies; models how planetary stewardship must be enacted locally
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community_size
Works across 3+ million hectare demonstration area with local Sami communities
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funding_sources
Swedish Postcode Foundation, Ecological Restoration Fund (ERF)
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key_projects
Nordic Taiga demonstration area (over 3 million hectares of old-growth forests, rivers, wetlands); river restoration removing dams for blue-green connectivity in Rane and Pite rivers; nature-based economic models
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nordic_connection
Umea-based; works across Swedish Lapland and Sapmi; intimate collaboration with indigenous Sami communities
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partner_orgs
Rewilding Europe, Ecological Restoration Fund (ERF), Swedish Postcode Foundation, local Sami communities and reindeer herders, Open Rivers Programme
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Gallery
Rewilding Sweden restores natural processes and wildlife in northern landscapes
Freshwater ecosystem restoration includes protecting endangered pearl mussels
Bringing nature back to Sweden's boreal forests and river systems
Related in the Landscape
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