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

Knepp's rewilding project aims to reintroduce storks to the UK for the first time since the 1500s.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

The project draws upon the group's Hop of Hope citizen rewilding programme, which has helped restore more than 8,000 large marsh grasshoppers to wetlands in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire since 2018.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

Originally from Dublin, he sold his house in 2009 and has been rewilding his farm in Cork ever since.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

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

From BBC ● May 25, 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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