reintroductions
Returns after absence
Reintroductions are instances of bringing something back after a period of absence.
In conservation, the term typically refers to releasing animals or plants into habitats where they once lived but had disappeared: Wolf reintroductions in Yellowstone transformed the ecosystem.
The word applies more broadly to any return of something previously withdrawn—a discontinued product, a lapsed policy, or a person rejoining a group after time away.
Restoring natural ecosystems
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
- keystone speciesOutsized ecological impact organism
- biodiversityRange of life forms
habitat · fauna · native · wildlife corridors · captive breeding · translocation · species recovery · recolonization
Formal return to homeland
- homecomingReturning to one's origin
- reentryComing back in
- reintegrationRestoration to a group
- reappearanceComing back into view
reemergence · reinstatement · reassimilation · resumption · reestablishment · reclaiming · retrieval · reincorporation
Return to previous position
- restorationReturning something to condition
- revivalReturn after decline
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- reestablishmentAct of founding anew
legislation · regulations · programs · initiatives · measures · currency · tariffs · quotas
Renewed knowledge of someone
- reconnectEstablish contact again
- reunionGathering after separation
- familiarityKnowledge through experience
- rekindleRenew something dormant
reengage · rediscover · revisit · networking · icebreaker · presenting · mutual friends · acquaintance
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Restoring natural ecosystems
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
- keystone speciesOutsized ecological impact organism
biodiversity · habitat · fauna · native · wildlife corridors · captive breeding · translocation · species recovery · recolonization · wolves
repatriation
Formal return to homeland
- homecomingReturning to one's origin
- reentryComing back in
- reintegrationRestoration to a group
reappearance · reemergence · reinstatement · reassimilation · resumption · reestablishment · reclaiming · retrieval · reincorporation · comeback
reinstatement
Return to previous position
- restorationReturning something to condition
- revivalReturn after decline
- reformImprove by correcting faults
reestablishment · legislation · regulations · programs · initiatives · measures · currency · tariffs · quotas · sanctions
reacquaintance
Renewed knowledge of someone
- reconnectEstablish contact again
- reunionGathering after separation
- familiarityKnowledge through experience
rekindle · reengage · rediscover · revisit · networking · icebreaker · presenting · mutual friends · acquaintance · conversation starter
reintroductionsextinctions
Permanent species loss
eradications · exterminations · die-offs · species loss · disappearances
reintroductionsremovals
Acts of taking away
eliminations · extractions · withdrawals · expulsions · banishments
reintroductionsremovals
Acts of taking away
extractions · relocations · translocations · captures · exports
- species reintroductionReleasing animals where extirpated
- wolf reintroductionRestoring native predators to habitat
- reintroduction programsEfforts returning species to former ranges