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Rewilding focuses on the recovery of ecological processes, interactions, and conditions based on reference ecosystems. Rewilding recognizes that ecosystems are dynamic and constantly changing. Rewilding should anticipate the effects of climate change and where possible act as a tool to mitigate impacts. Rewilding requires local engagement and ...
Sea rewilding (also known as marine rewilding) is an area of environmental conservation activity which focuses on rewilding, restoring ocean life and returning seas to a more natural state. Sea rewilding projects operate around the world, working to repopulate a wide range of organisms, including giant clams, sharks, skates, sea sturgeons, and ...
Land restoration, which may include renaturalisation or rewilding, is the process of restoring land to a different or previous state with an intended purpose. That purpose can be a variety of things such as what follows: being safe for humans, plants, and animals; stabilizing ecological communities; cleaning up pollution; creating novel ecosystems; [1] or restoring the land to a historical ...
Apex predators can have profound effects on ecosystems, as the consequences of both controlling prey density and restricting smaller predators, and may be capable of self-regulation. [12] They are central to the functioning of ecosystems, the regulation of disease, and the maintenance of biodiversity. [13]
He has proposed that trophic rewilding via restoring top-down trophic interactions and associated trophic cascades is a promising strategy to promote self-regulating biodiverse ecosystems, [39] and that it could be a powerful tool for mitigating the impacts of human-induced global change on biodiversity and ecosystems. [40]
Winter is hitting the Gaza Strip and many of the nearly 2 million Palestinians displaced by the devastating 14-month war with Israel are struggling to protect themselves from the wind, cold and rain.
Tennessee retained the No. 1 spot in Monday’s AP Top 25 after escaping at the buzzer at Illinois on Saturday despite leading scorer Chaz Lanier and standout point guard Zakai Zeigler fouling out ...
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