Pioneering Scottish rewilding project hits £1 million mark
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Highlands Rewilding, a project focused on scaling nature recovery and community prosperity through rewilding, has secured £1 million through its crowdfunding campaign, three weeks before it is set to close on May 16.
The company allows citizen rewilders to invest from between £50 to £200,000 to co-own rewilding land, earning a potential 5% return.
Such mass ownership has proved popular with smaller and larger investors alike, since it launched at the beginning of December 2022, despite the ongoing cost-of-living crisis.
Many founding funders who engaged with the company during its establishing year have also reinvested in Highlands Rewilding’s crowdfund, in a strong show of support for its pioneering project.
"The £1 million has been raised by 622 ‘citizen rewilders’, 43% of whom live in Scotland, testament to the groundswell of support for nature restoration which is actively combatting climate meltdown and biodiversity collapse," said Jeremy Leggett, the project's CEO.
The for-profit rewilding company hopes to achieve 1,000 investors in the crowdfund by the end of the campaign.
Larger investors have also joined forces to raise many millions more, helping Highlands Rewilding expand its operations and take rewilding to scale in Scotland.
Dr Leggett said: “We are delighted to be hitting such a key milestone in our fight against biodiversity collapse and climate meltdown. We aim to play a lead role in the great diversion of investment from ruin to restoration, through rewilding.
"The more citizen rewilders invest at the £50 to £100 level, the more the financial institutions are likely to invest at the £50 million to £100 million level.
"Hitting the £1 million mark in our crowdfund shows that our model is working in offering tangible hope, not just for nature but also community prosperity."
With three weeks to go, Highlands Rewilding is inviting investors to join it during its scaling
campaign, that moves beyond the simple protection of nature towards nature recovery and
restoration in Scotland, and later, beyond.
As with any investment, those interested in the Highlands Rewilding project are encouraged to make sure they fully understand the process, what their investment means, and the potential risks of investing.
It is high‑risk investment and investors are unlikely to be protected if something goes wrong. The FCA mandates the inclusion of risk warnings when discussing investments: "Don’t invest unless you’re prepared to lose all the money you invest. It is a high-risk investment and you are unlikely to be protected if something goes wrong."
More about Highlands Rewilding and the crowdfund
