Restoration

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Restoration

Restoration may refer to:

Conservation, ecology, and environment

Assisted natural regeneration (ANR), protection and preservation of natural tree seedlings in forested areas
Conservation biology practices to restore biodiversity and ecosystem function
Environmental remediation, action to improve the environment or prevent further degradation, generally based on assessment of health and ecological risks, and subject to regulatory requirements
Environmental restoration, a process in which a damaged natural resource is renewed
Island restoration, the ecological restoration of islands
Reforestation, natural or intentional restocking of existing forests and woodlands that have been depleted, usually through deforestation
- Afforestation, the process of establishing a forest of stand of trees in an area where there was no forest
Restoration ecology, the return of a landscape, ecosystem, or other ecological entity to a predefined historical state; the practice of renewing and restoring degraded, damaged, or destroyed ecosystems and habitats in the environment by active human intervention and action
Stream restoration, activities that improve the environmental health of a river or stream