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1. Different approaches and meanings of renaturation
1.1 Ecological engineering and environmental restoration
The concept of renaturation is very similar to that of ecological restoration. They both draw on the knowledge of scientific ecology, and more specifically, restoration ecology. This science was formalized in the early 1980s with the creation of the Society for Ecological Restoration in the United States. It defines ecological restoration as "the process of assisting the regeneration of ecosystems that have been degraded, damaged or destroyed" with a view to "re-establishing the previous ecosystem in terms of its specific composition, ecological functioning, the capacity of the physical environment to support living organisms, and its connectivity with the surrounding landscape".
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Law no. 2021-1104 of August 22, 2021 to combat climate change and strengthen resilience to its effects (JORF no. 0196 of August 24, 2021).
Decree no. 2022-763 of April 29, 2022 on the nomenclature of land artificialisation for setting and monitoring objectives in planning and urban development documents (JORF no. 0101 of April 30, 2022).
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