Rewilding in megacities: from concept to implementation

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The expansion of urban agglomerations and the accompanying increase in the severity of environmental problems require special attention to ensure a comfortable urban environment. One of the ways to solve this problem is to create an ecological framework in the megacity, formed by quasi-natural biocenoses, created within the application of the concept of rewilding. This article reviews the main current trends and approaches to the implementation of rewilding; discusses positive and negative environmental effects of the transformation of urban ecosystems within rewilding; presents an analytical review of available techniques and options for rewilding in various megacities around the world.

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Leonid Yu. Fedorchenko

Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University)

Author for correspondence.
Email: leofedorchenko@icloud.com
SPIN-code: 1896-4918
3rd year student of the field of study “Ecology and Nature Management” 76 Vernadskogo Prospect, Moscow, 119454, Russian Federation

Arina A. Bobkova

Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University)

Email: olimp.arina@mail.ru
SPIN-code: 7032-8377
3rd year student of the field of study “Ecology and Nature Management” 76 Vernadskogo Prospect, Moscow, 119454, Russian Federation

Andrey I. Nikiforov

Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University); Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography

Email: nai@vniro.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3112-5378
SPIN-code: 5896-7947

PhD in Agricultural Sciences, Associate Professor; Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography; Department of International Complex Problems of Nature Management and Ecology, Moscow State Institute of International Relations

19 Okruzhnoy Proezd, Moscow, 105187, Russia; 76 Vernadskogo Prospect, Moscow, 119454, Russian Federation

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