recolonization
Settling a place again
Recolonization is the act of colonizing again—either a former colony reasserting control over territory it once held, or organisms repopulating an area from which they had disappeared.
The political sense carries historical weight: fears of economic recolonization by former imperial powers.
The ecological sense is neutral: recolonization of the island by native bird species.
Those who establish homes
- colonistsSettlers in new territory
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- resettlementReestablishing in new place
- migrationMovement to new territory
homesteading · outpost · frontier · enclave · plantation · establishment · displacement · relocation
Domain under unified control
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- subjugationForcing into submission
domination · hegemony · imperialism · protectorate · territory · sovereignty · control · rule
Act of bringing back
- invasive speciesHarmful non-native organism
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- native speciesOrganisms originating in a region
- biodiversityRange of life forms
flora · fauna · non-native · biological invasion · introduced species · displacement · endemic · eradication
Go back again
- repatriationFormal return to homeland
- homelandOne's native land
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
roots · homecoming · returnees · ancestral · birthright · reconnection · reclaiming · rediscovery
Freedom from external control
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- anti-imperialismOpposition to foreign domination
liberation · self-governance · resistance · indigenization · dismantling · autonomy · freedom movement · national identity
settlers
Those who establish homes
- colonistsSettlers in new territory
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- resettlementReestablishing in new place
migration · homesteading · outpost · frontier · enclave · plantation · establishment · displacement · relocation · transplantation
empire
Domain under unified control
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
subjugation · domination · hegemony · imperialism · protectorate · territory · sovereignty · control · rule · governance
reintroduction
Act of bringing back
- invasive speciesHarmful non-native organism
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- native speciesOrganisms originating in a region
biodiversity · flora · fauna · non-native · biological invasion · introduced species · displacement · endemic · eradication · conservation
return
Go back again
- repatriationFormal return to homeland
- homelandOne's native land
- ancestryFamily line of descent
heritage · roots · homecoming · returnees · ancestral · birthright · reconnection · reclaiming · rediscovery · reunification
independence
Freedom from external control
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
anti-imperialism · liberation · self-governance · resistance · indigenization · dismantling · autonomy · freedom movement · national identity · decolonial
- wildlife conservationhabitat protection, game warden, species protection, wildlife officer, wildlife refuges
- dispersal ecologyseed dispersal, pioneer species, establishment, emigration, diffusion
- metapopulationssubpopulations, dispersal, extinction, turnover rates
- restorationrestoration, repair, renovation, rebuilding, refurbishment
- ecosystem termsproducers, consumers, decomposers, predators, prey
recolonizationdecolonization
Ending imperial control
independence · liberation · self-determination · emancipation · sovereignty
colony, colonial, colonist, colonize, colonies, colonization, colonialism, colonizer, colonized