rewilding

American  

[ree-wahyl-ding] / riˈwaɪl dɪŋ /

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.

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rewilding British  

/ riːˈwaɪldɪŋ /

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

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Etymology

Origin of rewilding

First recorded in 1990–95; rewild ( def. ) + -ing ¹ ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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rewilding

Elliot Newton, director of rewilding at Citizen Zoo, said the company hopes to roll out more projects to preserve plants in the face of climate change.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Tower mustard is the first plant species Citizen Zoo has worked with in London, joining a growing portfolio of rewilding projects that also includes beavers, water voles, German hairy snails and white storks.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Eoghan Daltun has been rewilding his own farm and restoring temperate rainforests privately for the past 17 years.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

Last June, 10 white storks were released in North Devon, in south-west England as part of a long-term rewilding.

From BBC ● May 10, 2026

For a decade, researchers have been working to reintroduce 12 other endemic species to Floreana as part of a rewilding program.

From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026

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