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Network of terms

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Most connected

The ten terms with the most connections, as a way in without the graphic.

  1. 1Ecological Restoration26 connectionsNature in transitionThe practice of assisting the recovery of ecosystems that have been degraded, damaged or destroyed, so they regain health, function and resilience.
  2. 2Permaculture21 connectionsFood forest and growingA design system for sustainable human habitats modelled on natural ecosystems, developed by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in the 1970s.
  3. 3Syntropic Agriculture17 connectionsFood forest and growingA regenerative farming method that grows food by accelerating natural forest succession, developed by the Swiss farmer Ernst Götsch in Brazil.
  4. 4Ecological Succession16 connectionsNature in transitionThe gradual process by which the mix of species in an ecosystem changes over time, from pioneers toward a mature community.
  5. 5Food Forest14 connectionsFood forest and growingA cultivated woodland of edible and useful plants arranged in layers, designed to work like a self-sustaining natural forest.
  6. 6Rewilding13 connectionsNature in transitionA restoration approach that returns ecosystems to self-sustaining states by reducing human control and letting natural processes lead.
  7. 7Nitrogen-Fixing Plants12 connectionsSoil and lifePlants that host bacteria or actinobacteria able to convert atmospheric nitrogen into a form plants can use, fertilising the soil around them.
  8. 8Pioneer Plants12 connectionsNature in transitionSpecies that colonise bare or damaged land first, making it habitable for everything that follows through their shade, roots and nutrients.
  9. 9Rainwater Harvesting & Swales11 connectionsWater and slopeHolding rain where it falls: soaking it into ditches and basins, storing it in dams and cisterns, spreading it along the shape of the slope.
  10. 10Climate-Adapted Trees10 connectionsTrees of SardiniaTree species and varieties chosen for their ability to thrive in hotter, drier future conditions rather than the climate of the recent past.

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