Josiane Segar
Investigating the potential of natural restoration and rewilding in the European landscape
Profile
MSc: Biodiversity, Conservation and Management, University of Oxford
BSc (Hons): Ecological and Environmental Sciences, University of Edinburgh

Host Institution: iDiv, Germany
Partner Institution: Rewilding Europe Foundation, The Netherlands
Supervisors: Prof. Henrique Pereira; Dr. Nestor Fernandez, Raquel Filgueiras
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Languages: English, German, Spanish
About Me
My project focuses on understanding which physical, ecological and socio-economic factors determine the chances of success for the recovery and rewilding of well-functioning, coherent ecosystems. I am based between Rewilding Europe’s head offices in Nijmegen, The Netherlands and the German Centre for Biodiversity Research (iDiv) in Leipzig, Germany.
I graduated top of my year studying ecological and environmental science for my undergraduate, during which time I also worked for two summers on the American Prairie Reserve in Montana. I then spent a year living in Mexico where I worked as a research assistant at the faunal conservation lab at UNAM, continuing to focus on prairie landscapes and their conservation issues, most specifically on the mutualistic grazing patterns of prairie dogs and cattle in Janos, Chihuahua. It was during my master’s year at the University of Oxford that I concentrated my efforts on rewilding as an exciting opportunity for novel conservation approaches.
When I’m not obsessing over rewilding, I’ll be swing dancing, kickboxing, painting (badly) or singing.
Publications
Segar, J et al., (2021). Expert-based assessment of rewilding indicates progress at site-level, yet challenges for upscaling. Ecography (Early View) https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05836
Staude, Ingmar*, Josiane Segar*, Corey T. Callaghan, Emma Ladouceur, Jasper Meya, Henrique Pereira, and Andrea Perino. 2021. “Urban Conservation Gardening in the Decade of Restoration.” EcoEvoRxiv. April 16. doi:10.32942/osf.io/p2syu.
Segar & Keane. 2020. Species and demographic responses to wildlife-friendly fencing on ungulate crossing success and behaviour. Conservation Science and Practice, e285. http://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.285 .
Email: josiane.segar@idiv.de / josiane.segar@rewildingeurope.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/josiane-segar