CabinZero Partners With Rewilding Europe to Restore Over 4,500 Hectares of Wild Land Across Three Countries

As a 1% for the Planet member, CabinZero is turning care into commitment — partnering with Rewilding Europe to bring wild nature back to three of Europe's most remarkable landscapes.

Travel has taken a great deal from this planet. So have businesses. At CabinZero, we think it's time to give something back. We worked with Rewilding Europe to restore over 4,500 hectares of wild land across Spain, France, and Italy—helping nature recover, ecosystems rebuild, and wild places thrive again. It's the least we can do. 

Supporting Nature Recovery At Scale

Through this partnership, CabinZero is contributing to the rewilding of 4,504.5 hectares of land.

Rewilding Europe works to restore wild nature across the continent—not by fencing it off, but by working with local communities to bring back the ecological processes that make landscapes truly alive.

This contribution supports long‑term efforts to restore natural processes, allowing ecosystems to recover, wildlife to return, and landscapes to become more resilient for people and nature alike.

Rewilding is not a one‑off action or a quick fix.

It is a long‑term, collective process that brings together local communities, landowners and partners across large landscapes.

Our contribution helps make this work possible by supporting on‑the‑ground action, monitoring and collaboration over time.

Where Our Journey Helps

For this partnership, we chose to support their ongoing work in three different countries.

Spain - Iberian Highlands

Photo courtesy of Juan Carlos Muñoz / Rewilding Europe

The Iberian Highlands sit at the heart of 'Empty Spain.' This is where Cinereous vultures are returning to the sky, where Iberian Lynx reintroductions are being mapped out, and where semi-wild horses and Tauros are restoring natural grazing processes disrupted for generations.

Old-growth forests, some of the last remaining in the region, are being protected through agreements with landowners—compensating them for the loss of timber revenue so that irreplaceable ecosystems can continue to sequester carbon and support biodiversity. The first such agreement, in Vega del Codorno, protects 264 hectares for 30 years.

France - Dauphiné Alps

Photo courtesy of James Shooter/Rewilding Europe

The Dauphiné Alps are among the most beautiful landscapes in Europe. Since the 19th century, rural depopulation has left vast areas of mountains, floodplains, and river valleys to quietly recover. Rewilding France is building on that momentum.

"Old wood networks" are being established. These forested areas are left to evolve freely, with older and bigger trees, fallen deadwood, and growing populations of wildlife.

Rivers are being freed from unnecessary barriers, reconnecting fish migration routes and improving flood resilience for downstream communities. Semi-wild horses and Tauros are being reintroduced to maintain biodiversity-rich grassland mosaics and reduce wildfire risk.

Italy - Central Apennines

Photo courtesy of Bruno D'Amicis / Rewilding Europe

A short drive from Italy’s Eternal City lies one of Europe's most surprising wildernesses: a home to Marsican brown bears, wolves, golden eagles, and the endemic Apennine chamois.

The challenge here isn't returning wildlife. It's helping the roughly 50–60 remaining Marsican bears coexist safely with the communities that share their landscape.

Rewilding Europe is doing this through practical measures: mobile electric fences, traffic accident prevention systems, speed limit reductions, bear ambassador programmes, and anti-poison patrols. Local communities benefit directly through wildlife tourism, with nature-based enterprises supported by loans from Rewilding Europe Capital.

"This truly is the wild heart of Italy." - Mario Cipollone, Team Leader, Central Apennines

FAQs

1. What Does “A Hectare Of Rewilding” Mean?

A hectare figure reflects the scale of the landscape where rewilding is actively taking place. It accounts for the collective effort required to restore natural processes over time, and can include:

• Removing barriers from rivers

• Enabling natural grazing

• Supporting forest regeneration

• Where appropriate, wildlife reintroductions

• And many more.

It doesn't mean land that's been fully restored by a single partner or land that belongs to us. It means a genuine contribution to something far bigger than any single organisation. It’s rather a contribution to long‑term, landscape‑scale nature recovery.

2. How Is This Calculated?

The calculation is based on Rewilding Europe’s overall results and budgets from the previous year, translated into an indicative contribution per hectare across the landscapes where the organisation works.

These figures are reviewed annually and provide an approximation of scale rather than a direct or exclusive impact of a single donation.

You And Us Can Be A Force For Good

We’re proud to stand alongside Rewilding Europe and be part of a growing movement that is working towards a wilder, more resilient future for Europe.

Learn more about rewilding and how our contribution supports nature recovery at scale.