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IT IS THE PRACTICE OF RENEWING AND RESTORING DEGRADED, DAMAGED, OR DESTROYED ECOSYSTEMS AND
HABITATS IN THE ENVIRONMENT BY ACTIVE HUMAN INTERVENTION AND SOLUTIONS

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DAMAGE REFERS TO AN ACUTE AND OBVIOUS HARMFUL IMPACT UPON AN ECOSYSTEM SUCH AS SELECTIVE
LOGGING, ROAD BUILDING, POACHING, OR INVASIONS OF NON-NATIVE SPECIES.

DEGRADATION REFERS TO CHRONIC HUMAN IMPACTS RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY AND THE
DISRUPTION OF AN ECOSYSTEM’S STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION, AND FUNCTIONALITY.
EXAMPLES INCLUDE: LONG-TERM GRAZING IMPACTS, LONG-TERM OVER FISHING OR HUNTING PRESSURE, AND
PERSISTENT INVASIONS BY NON-NATIVE SPECIES.

DESTRUCTION IS THE MOST SEVERE LEVEL OF IMPACT, WHEN DEGRADATION OR DAMAGE REMOVES ALL
MACROSCOPIC LIFE AND COMMONLY RUINS THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT.

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REASONS

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STEPS:
CREATE THE CONDITIONS NEEDED FOR RECOVERY SO THE PLANTS, ANIMALS, AND MICROORGANISMS CAN
CARRY OUT THE WORK OF RECOVERY THEMSELVES.

THEY CREATE THE CONDITIONS NEEDED FOR RECOVERY SO THE PLANTS, ANIMALS, AND MICROORGANISMS CAN
CARRY OUT THE WORK OF RECOVERY THEMSELVES.

COMPLEX PROCEDURES INCLUDE ALTERING LANDFORMS, PLANTING VEGETATION, CHANGING THE HYDROLOGY,
AND REINTRODUCING WILDLIFE.

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S TA G E S

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WHY REQUIRED?

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 METHODS
REHABILITATION - MAYBE IMPROVING DEGRADED HABITAT

RECLAMATION – STABILIZATION OF LAND AND MINIMIZING THE IMPACTAND DEGRADATION

RECREATION – ATTEMPT TO RETURN ORIGINAL STATE

REPLACEMENT – RECREATION WHICH IS NOT HISTORICAL ACCURATE BUT ADAPTED

ENHACEMENT OR AUGMENTATION – ATTEMPT TO ADD TO DEGRADED CONDITION BUT MAY NOT BE FULLY
FUNCTIONAL

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 INTERVENTIONS
SOIL FOREST WETLANDS LAKES RIVERS

INCREASE
RESTOCKING NUTRIENT RESTORE HYDROLOGICAL REMOVAL OF OBSTACKLES
REDUCING GRAZING ZOOPLANKTON
CAPITAL BACK FUNCTIONING FOR FISH MIGRATION
POPULATION
SOIL ORGANIC MATTER
USING ENGINEERING
(ORGANIC COMPONENT REDUCING NON REPLACEMENT OF RIFFLE
SOLUTIONS TO ORIGINAL BIOMANIPULATION
) CAN INCREASE LITTER NATIVE SPECIES POOLS
DEGRADED SITE
INPUT
PREVENTING WATER MODIFYING
INFLUENCING RATE OF RESTORE BUFFER
STRATEGIC SEEDING POLLUTION FROM GEOMORPHOLOGY OF
MINERALIZATION ZONES
INDUSTRIES RIVER

DIRECT SEEDING OF INTRODUCE MATURE PLANTS,

REESTABLISHING WATER TROPHIC CONTROL OF NATURAL RECOLONIZATION
NATIVE PLATS FOR RHIZOMES TO CONTROL NEW
CYCLE ALGAL POPULATION OF NATIVE ORGANISMS
REFORESTATION POPULATIONS

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