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Land restoration

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-003663

The reestablishment and development of a plant cover. This may take place naturally through the reproductive processes of the existing flora or artificially through the direct action of man - e.g., afforestation, range reseeding.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-003663
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
Synonymsland reclamation; land rehabilitation; land revegetation; revegetation
ReferencesSchwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoEcological restoration; Land management; Reclaimed soils; Forest restoration; Soil restoration; Conservation banks; Reclaimed land; Land clearing; Land forming; Land improvement; Revegetation plants; Military lands; Grassland restoration; Rangeland restoration
TranslationsSpanish: restauración de tierras
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-003663",
  "term": "Land restoration",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The reestablishment and development of a plant cover. This may take place naturally through the reproductive processes of the existing flora or artificially through the direct action of man - e.g., afforestation, range reseeding.",
  "synonyms": [
    "land reclamation",
    "land rehabilitation",
    "land revegetation",
    "revegetation"
  ],
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "ecological restoration",
    "land management",
    "reclaimed soils",
    "forest restoration",
    "soil restoration",
    "conservation banks",
    "reclaimed land",
    "land clearing",
    "land forming",
    "land improvement",
    "revegetation plants",
    "military lands",
    "grassland restoration",
    "rangeland restoration"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Schwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "restauración de tierras"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/land-restoration/"
}

Record 3,618 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.