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Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL PLANT SCIENCE > RECLAMATION/REVEGETATION/RESTORATION

PREFERRED TERM

RECLAMATION/REVEGETATION/RESTORATION  

DEFINITION

  • Reclamation, as used here refers, to putting a natural resource to a new or altered use. Restoration is the return of an ecosystem to a close approximation of its condition prior to disturbance. Revegetation is the planting of vegetation in an area where vegetation has been removed.

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