rewilding

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rewilding

noun rewildings

uncountable, usually The act of restoring a natural area to its former wild state, especially by repopulating it with animals that have been extirpated. For rewilding North America, we need to find or restore some of the cogs and wheels we've already tossed into the dust bin.
Opposite: dewilding, unwilding

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of rewild

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noun large-scale conservation

Español	resilvestración
中文	再野化 zàiyěhuà
Français	réensauvagement
Deutsch	Renaturierung
Tiếng Việt	tái hoang dã

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@misc{rewilding_2026,
  title = {rewilding},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rewilding},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}