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Wildcard: The Forest Game - A scientific adventure across Europe's hidden forests 

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Biodiversity
Rewilding
Primary Forests
Proforestation
Bulgaria
Nature Restoration Regulation
Ecological Restoration
Wolves
Secondary Succession
Natural Reforestation
Gelderse Poort
European Union
Făgăraș Mountains
Foundation Conservation Carpathia
Romania
Climate Change
Silviculture
Habitat Connectivity
Soil Microbiology
Europe

What if rewilding Europe were a strategic board game where every forest hides a secret, and every move shapes the future of our ecosystems? Welcome to an extraordinary audio journey that transforms the complex world of ecological restoration into an immersive, continent-spanning adventure. Guided by expert researchers and scientists, the podcast dives into the investigative work of identifying tru... more

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As European forests regenerate, wildlife responds, but the relationship is far more complex than animals simply returning to restored habitats. They actively shape forests through browsing, seed dispersal, and creating gaps.

Trishna Dutta from the E... more

When catastrophic wildfire burns Mount Vesuvio, consuming 2,000 hectares in 2017, what survives beneath the ash? Soil ecologist Speranza Panico expected desolation. Instead, she discovered billions of microorganisms actively at work - breaking down c... more

For fifty years, Karel Prach returned to the same abandoned field in the Bohemian Karst expecting trees to gradually reclaim the land. Instead, nature had a completely different plan. Competitive grasses held their ground, and steppe species - rare p... more

Across Europe's mountains, millions of hectares of farmland are transforming into forest, not through government programs, but because people are leaving. In Portugal's remote Trás-os-Montes region, Lien Imbrechts discovered that this natural refores... more

Welcome to European forests. A mysterious and immersive landscape where nothing is as it seems.

As the forest reveals its secrets, every feature matters when it comes to rewilding. But first, we dive deep into the concept of primary forests and wha... more

In 2024, the European Union approved the Nature Restoration Regulation - a comprehensive framework requiring restoration measures on twenty per cent of EU land and sea. But what does restoration actually mean in practice?

Jutta Paulus, Member of the... more

Proforestation - the strategy of allowing existing forests to grow naturally without human harvesting or management - sounds simple in theory. Let trees grow, store carbon, and protect biodiversity. But what happens when this ecological ideal crashes... more

Deep in Switzerland's Seeliwald Reserve, carnivorous plants digest insects to survive in nutrient-poor swamps, while ancient trees accumulate carbon undisturbed for over half a century. This is proforestation in action - not planting new forests, but... more

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Trishna Dutta
Senior researcher at the European Forest Institute
European Forest Institute
Episode: Ep. 8: Where wolves walk: natural reforestation and the return of wildlife
Davide Serva
Postdoctoral researcher and scientific advisor for the episode
Doñana Biological Station, Seville, Spain
Episode: Ep. 8: Where wolves walk: natural reforestation and the return of wildlife
Speranza Claudia Panico
Biologist and ecologist; soil microbiologist researching rewilding effects on fungi, bacteria, and soil biodiversity
University of Udine
Episode: Ep. 7: The invisible architects
Karel Prach
Longtime researcher studying vegetation dynamics on abandoned fields and disturbed sites near Prague
Episode: Ep. 6: When nature surprises us: the steppe that refused to become forest
Lien Imbrechts
Researcher from Belgium who moved to Trás-os-Montes in 2021; lives there and studies the landscape
Researcher, Region of Trás-os-Montes, Portugal (affiliation mentioned: University background in Belgium)
Episode: Ep. 5: Natural reforestation in Portugal
Peter Verburg
Professor and land-system scientist
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Episode: Ep. 5: Natural reforestation in Portugal
Svetan Zlatanov
Forest researcher with over 22 years of experience in silviculture and forest ecology.
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research
Episode: Primary or not? A forest mystery in Bulgaria (Trailer)
Mihai Zotta
Conservation Director of Foundation Conservation Carpathia
Foundation Conservation Carpathia
Episode: Ep 3: Deep Roots: Romania’s Forests and the Struggle for Proforestation
Laura Buriat
Professor of Forest and Environmental Law and Policy at the University, Stefan Celmare of Suceava in Romania
Episode: Ep 3: Deep Roots: Romania’s Forests and the Struggle for Proforestation

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#199
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Apple Podcasts
#91
Netherlands/Science/Nature
Apple Podcasts
#111
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Ep. 7: The invisible architects
Q: If you had to leave listeners with one thought about soil and rewilding, what would it be?
Understand that soil is a living, complex ecosystem whose biodiversity in the underground network is the true engine of recovery; protecting and restoring soil communities is essential for the whole forest to rebound.

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1. Trishna Dutta
2. Davide Serva
3. Speranza Claudia Panico
4. Karel Prach
5. Lien Imbrechts
6. Peter Verburg
7. Svetan Zlatanov
8. Mihai Zotta

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