1. Reestablishing a habitat or plant community in an area that historically supported it.
http://buttecreekwatershed.org/ecr/new/glossary.htm
2. Returning land to an original state or repairing damage done by human or natural disturbance.
http://gardening.wsu.edu/text/nvglossr.htm
3. The process of improving habitats
http://www.waterlink.org.nz/info/glossary.html
4. The recreation of communities of organisms
resembling, in structure, function and dynamics, those prior to degradation, and
protected from further human degradation.
http://www.greenpeace.org/~comms/cbio/forp&g.html#annex
5. To increase or return species, structures, and processes that are currently diminished locally, regionally, or statewide, to locations on the property that have high capability/potential for both accommodating and sustaining these currently scarce resources. It would attempt to include missing successional stages and patch sizes. Or, to simply to return forest cover to presently /deforested areas.
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/master_planning/Brule/Documents/PrefAlt.pdf
6. The process of restoring site conditions as they were
before a land disturbance.
http://fwie.fw.vt.edu/rhgiles/appendices/glossr.htm
7. (Active) - Specific human actions taken to reestablish the natural process, vegetation, and resultant habitat of an ecosystem.
http://buttecreekwatershed.org/ecr/new/glossary.htm
8. (Ecological) - The process of intentionally altering a site to establish a defined, indigenous, historic ecosystem. The goal of this process is to emulate the structure, function, diversity, and dynamics of the specified ecosystem.
http://www.wsu.edu/pmc_nrcs/glossary/rrr.htm
9. (Ecological) - The
process of renewing and maintaining ecosystem health.
http://www.wsu.edu/pmc_nrcs/glossary/rrr.htm
10. (Ecological) - The
process of returning an ecosystem as closely as possible to predisturbance
conditions and functions. Implicit in this definition is that ecosystems are
naturally dynamic; it is therefore not possible to recreate a system exactly.
The restoration process reestablishes the general structure, function, and
dynamic but self-sustaining behavior of the ecosystem. Restoration differs from
rehabilitation in that restoration is a holistic process not achieved through
the isolated manipulation of individual elements. While restoration aims to
return an ecosystem to a former natural condition, rehabilitation implies
putting the landscape to a new or altered use to serve a particular human
purpose.
http://www.oregonwri.org/basin-info/floodrpt.html
11. (Ecological) - The return of an ecosystem to a close approximation of its natural condition prior to disturbance. The goal is to emulate a natural, functioning, self-regulating system that is integrated with the ecological landscape in which it occurs. It may involve the manipulation of natural processes of ecological succession to create a self-sustaining indigenous ecosystem. The restored ecosystem should simulate the natural condition before it was damaged, or some other native ecosystem appropriate for the new conditions of the landscape. It must be stable with a minimum of human input after the initial efforts that may involve hastening the rate of plant succession, reverting to an earlier seral stage, or altering the direction of succession.
http://www.wsu.edu/pmc_nrcs/glossary/rrr.htm
12. (Ecology) - Seeks to
repair or reconstruct ecosystems damaged by human actions.
http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/pae/glossary/glossaryr.mhtml
13. (Ecosystem) - Restoring
and maintaining the physical, chemical, and biological conditions necessary to
allow natural ecosystems to function and evolve overtime.
http://www.nh.nrcs.usda.gov/Ecosystem_Restoration/Publications/Ecosystem%20Restoration%20Standard.pdf
14. (Ecosystem) - The process of repairing damage to the diversity and dynamics of ecosystems.
http://www.oregonwri.org/basin-info/floodrpt.html
15. (Ecosystem) - The process of returning ecosystems or habitats to their original structure and species composition.
http://www.fscstandards.org/regions/southeast/glossary.html
16. (Ecosystem) - The repair of ecological damage to an ecosystem so that it is close to the natural condition prior to a disturbance and it can function as a normal self-regulating system. This is done through processes such as chemical cleanups, revegetation, and the reintroduction of native species.
http://www.internet.ve/wildlife/glosario.htm
17. (Ecosystem) - The return
of an ecosystem or habitat toward: its original structure, natural complement of
species, and natural functions or ecological processes.
http://www.safnet.org/policy/costrategy1013.pdf
18. (Ecosystem) - The return of an ecosystem or habitat to its original community structure, natural complement of species, and natural functions (World Resources Institute et al. 1992)
http://www.forestry.utoronto.ca/ac_staff/emeritus/My%20Webs/english.htm
19. (Ecosystem) - The return of an ecosystem to a close approximation of its condition prior to disturbance.
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/texaswater/rivers/glossaryleft.htm
20. (Forest) - A management strategy applied in degraded primary forest areas. Forest restoration aims to enhance and accelerate natural processes of forest regeneration in order to regain the elastic capacity of the forest ecosystem. ITTO 2002. FAO. 2002. Draft Analytical Framework on Forest-Related Definitions.
21. (Forest) - Assisting the recovery of forest ecosystems from a degraded state to full functioning. A key part of this definition, from the standpoint of ecological responsibility, is its limitation of people's role in most cases to assisting, rather than fixing, natural processes. Usually the least risky approach is to respect and emulate those natural processes that reestablish the composition and structures and develop the biological diversity necessary for the return or improvement of forest functioning that has been lost or degraded. In some cases, restoration will require more radical intervention by humans.
http://www.silvafor.org/ecocert/sffstandardsforbc.pdf
22. (Habitat) - To restore
or bring back ecological integrity by actively removing invasive exotic plants,
propagating native plants, and monitoring the resulting changes.
http://www.nps.gov/goga/parklabs/toolbox/images/curriculums/htd/htd5.pdf
23. (Land) - The process of
restoring site conditions as they were before land disturbance. Note:
restoration involves restoring a site to a specific point in time.
www.plant-materials.nrcs.usda.gov/pubs/idpmctn280101.pdf
24. (Wetland) - The
processes of returning a site from a disturbed or totally altered condition to a
previously existing natural or altered condition. This process requires some
knowledge of the type of wetland that existed prior to modification.
http://parks.state.co.us/cnap/Wetlands_BMP/17%20-%20Glossary.pdf
25. (Wetland) -
Re-establishment of previously existing wetland or other aquatic resource
character and function (s) at a site where they have ceased to exist, or exist
only in a substantially degraded state
http://www.mawpt.org/pdfs/Strategy.pdf,
www.wrsc.usace.army.mil/iwr/pdf/wmb_tp2_Dec95.pdf
26. (Wetland) - To improve a
disturbed wetland by returning wetland parameters which may be missing; adding
soils, water, or plants. The restoration may return a missing or damaged wetland
function to achieve a desired outcome; for example, removing an agricultural
crop and planting native seeds to produce wet prairie grassland.
http://www.ci.eugene.or.us/wewetlands/glossary2.htm