Strategies and tactics that support this principle recognize the inherent value of wild nature to urban life and assess/evaluate and act to protect and restore natural systems. A WILD City will thus:
a. Identify ecological processes and enable them to function
b. Replace or supplement built structures with natural ones.
c. Increase the amount and diversity of native plant and animal (including insect) species, sometimes “rewilding”
d. Provide for species health and reproduction
e. Foster natural predator-prey relationships and interconnectivity between species
f. Mitigate, eradicate, or retain (depending upon ecological impairment or cultural significance) invasive plant and animal species to allow native species to thrive