Rewilding has been hailed as ‘radical’ and ‘agenda-setting’ in the challenge it poses to mainstream conservation. This paper questions whether that is still the case, or if rewilding is now being mainstreamed and with what consequences? Our analysis focuses upon developments in Britain, up until 2018, discussing what changes have become manifest and the barriers and restraints that have been observed. As such, we evaluate the extent to which rewilding – in practice - departs from longstanding conservation sensibilities. Discussion is structured around three key questions— Who is now involved in rewilding across Britain? What they are seeking to do, in terms of how nature is conceptualised and managed (or not)? In what ways do their objectives involve people and human-centred aspirations? Our findings reveal three key differences from current conservation approaches. First, rewilding is associated with a proliferation of new actors, new mechanisms of finance and new spaces of conservation interest. Second, rewilding as an approach exhibits clear novelty in its stated aim to be nature-led and, despite challenges, attempts to work through ongoing negotiation and experimentation. Finally, rewilding is currently being advocated and pursued as an agenda for people and nature, which moves beyond earlier nature conservation paradigms of protecting nature from human influence. However, it remains to be seen whether rewilding advocates can realise their ambitions to popularise and create peopled wild spaces across Britain's landscapes.

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荒野–保护政策和实践出发了吗？对英国发展的评价

在将野生动物带入主流保护的挑战中，野生动物被誉为“激进的”和“议程设定”。本文质疑这种情况是否仍然存在，或者野生野兽现在是否已成为主流，其后果是什么？我们的分析重点是英国的发展情况，直到2018年为止，讨论哪些变化已变得显而易见，以及已观察到的障碍和限制。因此，我们评估了野外野营的程度（实际上）与长期保护意识的背离。讨论围绕三个关键问题展开：谁参与了整个英国的野蛮之旅？他们正在寻求做什么，在如何对自然进行概念化和管理方面（或没有）？他们的目标在哪些方面涉及人和以人为本的愿望？我们的发现揭示了与当前保护方法的三个主要差异。首先，荒野与新参与者，新的融资机制和新的保护利益空间的扩散有关。其次，野蛮作为一种方法表现出明显的新颖性，其既定目标是以自然为主导，尽管面临挑战，但仍在尝试通过不断的谈判和试验来努力。最后，目前正在倡导并追求野外活动，将其作为人类和自然的议程，它超越了早期的自然保护范式，即保护自然不受人类影响。然而，