habitat restoration
Healing damaged ecosystems
Habitat restoration is the process of returning a damaged or degraded ecosystem to its natural condition.
This may involve removing invasive species, replanting native vegetation, reintroducing wildlife, or undoing human alterations to waterways and land: The wetland habitat restoration project took five years to complete.
The goal is typically to recreate conditions that existed before human disturbance.
- reforestationReplanting depleted woodlands
- wildlife corridorsLand linking separated habitats
- endangered speciesOrganisms facing extinction risk
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- dam removalDestroying water-blocking structures
stream bank · succession · keystone species · protected areas · land trust · wetlands · conservation laws · hydrology · fish ladder · prescribed burns · citizen science · erosion control · invasive species · ecological balance · pollinator · dunes · spawning · nesting grounds
- environmentair pollution, ecology, clean air, biosphere, air quality
- conservationconservation, wildlife, endangered, sanctuary, preservation
- ecologyecosystem, balance, niche, food webs, food chain
- environmentalismecology, conservationism, recycling bins, campaigner, environmentalism
- conservation effortswildlife conservation, reforestation, marine sanctuaries, national parks, nature reserves
- group workbarn raising, work party, team building, workday, collective farming
habitat restorationhabitat destruction
Eliminating natural living spaces
environmental degradation · deforestation · land clearing · habitat loss · pollution
habitat restorationresource extraction
Obtaining substances from nature
land development · abandonment · neglect · habitat conservation · habitat preservation
habitat restorationletting nature take its course
Permitting events to unfold naturally