As rewilding projects multiply throughout Europe, Forêt & Naturalité discusses this concept, which opens up new perspectives on how to conduct our nature conservation and biodiversity development policies. Forêt & Naturalité analyses the numerous opportunities offered to Wallonia.
(FR) Article in Forêt.Nature, n°163 (april-may-june 2022)
At the dawn of the return of the wolf to Wallonia, Forêt & Naturalité has formulated an opinion on the important issues at stake in order to successfully cohabitate with the various players in the area. The sustainable establishment of a wolf population certainly marks a new vision of the Walloon forest, wilder and freer.
In Wallonia, all the forests with a high degree of naturalness have disappeared, but we still have certain massifs with great potential for their redeployment. An essential first step would be to classify a large area as an integral reserve: a large integral forest reserve in the Walloon Region of 5000 hectares!
