Nature is Dying. It’s time to rewild!
Wild Card is a grassroots movement challenging Britain’s biggest landowners to rewild their land before it’s too late. Will you join us today and help us play the wild card?
BRING BACK OUR ANCIENT WOODLANDS
REWILD THE GHOST WOODS
Across England our ancient woodlands lie smothered beneath regimented rows of timber plantations. But in 2026, we successfully secured £5.9 million in on-going funding to restore publicly owned Ghost Woods!
We began our campaign by searching for the ghosts of ancient woodlands in sites across England. Next, led by a giant lemon slug called Mal, we staged a Slugrising, taking our 145,000+ petition to DEFRA.
Now we’re campaigning for action on the 68% of Ghost Woods that are privately owned.
GETTING BACK TO THE GARDEN
REWILD THE CHURCH
The Church Commissioners of England steward over 100,000 acres of UK land—presenting both a responsibility and a remarkable opportunity to protect and restore nature. That’s why, alongside members of the Church community, we’re calling for 30% of their land to be rewilded by 2030.
Our new report, Getting Back to the Garden, sets out what a practical, financially sound and legally robust pathway to 30by30 for the Church Commissioners could look like. Endorsed by leaders in economics, conservation and land policy including Sir Partha Dasgupta, Isabella Tree, Deborah Meaden and Professor Ian Bateman, the report demonstrates that the Church Commissioners has the opportunity, the resources, and the mandate to take action at scale.
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THE GHOST WOODS video zine
In the pages of this zine you will find reflections from artists spanning the width and breadth of Britain, each of whom care deeply for our Ghost Woods.
Art is one of the most powerful tools for creating change and we hope that this collection will inspire you to see your woodlands with fresh eyes.
FROM OUR BLOG
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Major landowners risk derailing Government’s ‘30 by 30’ target
74% of the public think major landowners should protect nature, but new analysis exposes gaps in progress towards crucial nature target as leaders gather at UN Biodiversity Conference England’s biggest landowners must do more to protect nature on their land according to the public, as a new assessment reveals stark differences in how landowners including…
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Rewild The National Estate for Nature – Answering Your Questions!
Here we’ve given you the answers to the questions most commonly asked about our Rewild the National Estate for Nature campaign. Can’t find an answer here to the question that you’re pondering? Please get in touch with our team: nationalestate@wildcard.land. What is the National Estate for Nature? In a nutshell: A group containing many of…
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Wild Card Go Wild At The Grange Project
Doing most of our work together from behind a screen, it’s important to the Wild Card team that we get out into the wild together from time to time. This is always a great learning opportunity, but it also acts as both inspiration and motivation. Whenever we have visited a rewilding site, we have been…
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