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rewilding

[ree-wahyl-ding]

noun

  1. the process of introducing animals or plants to their original habitat or one similar.

  2. the process of returning land to an earlier, more natural state.



rewilding

/ ːˈɲɪɪŋ /

noun

  1. the practice of returning areas of land to a wild state, including the reintroduction of animal species that are no longer naturally found there

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of rewilding1

First recorded in 1990–95; rewild ( def. ) + -ing 1 ( def. )
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Dr Erdmann has worked in Raja Ampat for more than two decades and is one of the founders of a shark rewilding project there called Reshark.

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This year's event favours rewilding and sustainability, with mossy paving, native planting and gravel paths.

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Steve Micklewright, chief executive of rewilding charity Trees for Life which is one of three charities that make up the Lynx to Scotland partnership, condemned the way the animals were released.

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The Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Wildlife Trusts have secured £15,000 of funding from the Rewilding Britain charity to begin feasibility studies into their return.

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And a successful rewilding programme needs females much more than males.

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