“The key is using indigenous species that have more connection with this land than the likes of grazing cattle.”Įuropean bison (quite different from their American cousins) once roved the European landscape. “We aren’t just plonking anything down here” asserts Ole Sommer Bach, curator of Randers Zoo. Ironic really, that turning back the clock is the cornerstone of rewilding, as it’s a conservation practice so future-orientated that it’s turned heads in environmental and scientific communities around the world.įundamental to restoring these habitats to their natural, former states is the reintroduction of native large herbivores like bison and elk that have been absent for millennia. This motley crew – a bison herd of four bulls, seven cows and five calves, sourced from Polish parks and Danish zoos, are part of a pioneering rewilding project, run by Randers Zoo, which is working to revive the lost ecosystems that flourished here thousands of years ago. We’re 12,000 kilometres away, in the deceptively bucolic region of central Denmark, which is putting itself on the global conservation map with the help of some hairy, hulking beasts. Sixteen bison nonchalantly graze in a scene reminiscent of Africa’s wild savannah. 'Since Côte d'Ivoire reported the case, more than 140 contacts have been listed in both countries, but no other person has shown symptoms of the disease or tested positive for Ebola,” WHO said.29 January 2017 Bison, elks and even elephants could soon be a familiar sight on the Danish landscape, thanks to two pioneering conservation projects in the Jutland Peninsula. A vaccination campaign allowed the immunization of a hundred people against the hemorrhagic fever and 2,000 more people are expected to get vaccinated over the next few weeks.įor its part, Guinea has since the beginning expressed doubts about the reliability of the diagnosis and requested new tests. To avoid a possible outbreak amid the covid-19 pandemic, the authorities immediately started a tracking operation of contact cases. Let’s recall that Côte d'Ivoire declared the case “positive” after preliminary tests were conducted on the young lady who came from the Guinean city of Labé. In a statement issued yesterday, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that the 18-year-old Guinean girl who was initially declared infected by Ebola is not infected by the virus.Īccording to the institution, new tests carried out by the Pasteur Institute in Lyon, France, revealed that the patient did not have Ebola virus disease. In a swift response, the authorities initiated a vaccination campaign but the case finally proved to be a false alert. (Ecofin Agency) - Côte d'Ivoire reported last August 14 a suspected case of Ebola virus the first since 1994.

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