Gender and Rewilding: Introduction to the Special Section

ABSTRACT Rewilding as a term and as a practice has divided public opinion. While rewilding studies mainly focus on the effectiveness of practices that lead to ecosystem recovery, the last decade has seen a rise in the investigation of stakeholder and local community responses to rewilding. This Special Section builds on this by examining rewilding through a gendered perspective that draws on feminist approaches. By doing so, the four full‐length articles and two commentaries highlight the need to reflect on researchers’ positionality, to diversify research methods, and to take seriously people's emotions.