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. )

Example Sentences

But David Stanners, Uplands North Group Chair at the NFU, says it's possible for the rewilding lobby and the farmers to find common ground.

From BBC

They said their report highlighted tensions between Scotland's rewilding ambitions and concerns over agricultural damage and potential disease risk.

From BBC

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

From Barron's

Some big rewilding projects - especially those in more remote parts of Scotland, where the majority of red deer in Britain live, according to the Woodland Trust - talk about another, even more dramatic option: the reintroduction of apex predators, and in particular lynx, wolves and perhaps even brown bear, all of which were once found across Britain, to control deer numbers.

From BBC

Trees for Life, which has a 10,000-acre rewilding estate in the Scottish Highlands, says: "Lynx could bring a wide range of ecological and societal benefits to Scotland."

From BBC