rewilding
Letting wilderness return
Rewilding is the practice of restoring land to a more natural, uncultivated state—allowing ecosystems to regenerate with minimal human intervention.
This may involve reintroducing native species, removing barriers to wildlife movement, or simply stepping back and letting nature reclaim territory: The foundation is rewilding thousands of acres of former farmland.
The concept extends metaphorically to personal life—shedding domesticated habits for something wilder: She spent a month in the woods, rewilding herself.
Original U.S. national park
- rangerProtected land patroller
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
Replanting depleted woodlands
- revegetationRestoring lost plant cover
- reintroductionAct of bringing back
- rewettingMaking damp again
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
rehabilitation · repopulation · reclamation · de-extinction · translocation
Not domesticated
- unmanagedLacking direction or control
- roadlessHaving no streets
- non-interventionPolicy of staying uninvolved
- naturalnessUnaffected, uncontrived quality
frontier · pristine · undeveloped · hands-off · free-roaming · uncultivated
Proposed human-impact epoch
- hopeDesire for good outcomes
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
- biophiliaLove of living things
Yellowstone
Original U.S. national park
- rangerProtected land patroller
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
reforestation
Replanting depleted woodlands
- revegetationRestoring lost plant cover
- reintroductionAct of bringing back
- rewettingMaking damp again
regeneration · rehabilitation · repopulation · reclamation · de-extinction · translocation
untamed
Not domesticated
- unmanagedLacking direction or control
- roadlessHaving no streets
- non-interventionPolicy of staying uninvolved
naturalness · frontier · pristine · undeveloped · hands-off · free-roaming · uncultivated
old-growth
Long-undisturbed forest
predator-prey
Ecological consumption relationship
- successionFollowing in order
Anthropocene
Proposed human-impact epoch
- hopeDesire for good outcomes
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
- biophiliaLove of living things
- environmentair pollution, ecology, clean air, biosphere, air quality
- conservationconservation, endangered, habitat, sanctuary, preservation
- Environmental Topicsconservation, biodiversity, extinction, climate change, habitat loss
- environmentalismecology, conservationism, recycling bins, campaigner, environmentalism
- conservation effortshabitat restoration, reforestation, marine sanctuaries, national parks, nature reserves
- eco actionsrecycling, composting, tree planting, water conservation, energy saving
rewildingdomestication
Adapting species to captivity
cultivation · farming · agriculture · landscaping · urbanization
rewildinghabitat destruction
Eliminating natural living spaces
deforestation · environmental degradation · ecosystem collapse · biodiversity loss · desertification
rewildingtaming
Making wild things gentle
domestication · domination · exploitation · resource extraction · frontier expansion
wild, wildly, wilderness, wildlife, wildness, wildfire, wildcat, wildest, wildflower