Liesbeth Bakker
Wetland & Wildlife Ecologist | Special Professor in Rewilding Ecology
Liesbeth Bakker is a wetland and wildlife ecologist whose research focuses on ecosystem functions and services, food webs, restoration ecology, and rewilding. She is particularly interested in how wildlife influences biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and landscape structure in the context of global change and human impact. She serves as a senior scientist at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) and as a special professor of Rewilding Ecology at the Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Group at Wageningen University, the Netherlands.
Liesbeth’s tenure as the first Rewilding Ecology professor marks a major milestone in conservation science. She aims to strengthen the science behind rewilding, bridging the current gap between theory and implementation.
