rewilding
English edit
Noun edit
rewilding (usually uncountable, plural rewildings)
- (ecology) The act of restoring a natural area to its former wild state, especially by repopulating it with animals that have been extirpated.
- 2020 October 13, Patrick Barkham, “How maverick rewilders are trying to turn back the tide of extinction”, in The Guardian[1], retrieved 2020-11-09:
- The beaver was hunted to extinction in Britain more than three centuries ago, but is today the rewilding movement’s pin-up.
- 2022 March 23, Paul Bigland, “HS2 is just 'passing through'”, in RAIL, number 953, page 40:
- There's a colossal amount of tree planting, rewilding and other work going on to ensure that HS2 adds more to the environment than it takes away.
Descendants edit
- → Dutch: herwildering (calque)
Translations edit
large-scale conservation
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Verb edit
rewilding
- present participle and gerund of rewild
Further reading edit
- rewilding (conservation biology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia