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Letting the Land Return

Kyntää, viljellä maata
To plough a field (profitably)
Jättää oman onnensa nojaan, antaa hoitaa itsensä
To be left to its own devices
Ottaa maa takaisin, vallata takaisin
To take the land back
Astua syrjään, väistyä
To step aside
Rakentaa uudelleen, ennallistaa
To rebuild an ecosystem
Ilmaantua uudelleen, palata näkyviin
To reappear
Levitä aaltoina, edetä ketjureaktiona
To ripple outward (through the food web)
Imeä itseensä, sitoa
To soak up (floodwater / carbon)
Sitoa, varastoida (hiiltä)
To lock away carbon
Muovata, muokata
To shape a valley / a landscape
Ansaita elantonsa, maksaa itsensä takaisin
To earn its keep
Työntää reunoille, ahtaalle
To drive a species to the margins
Uudelleenvillinnys, luonnontilan palautus
Rewilding
Luonnonsuojelu
Conservation
Pensaikko, ryteikkö
Scrub
Ekosysteemi
An ecosystem
Peto, saalistaja
A predator
Ravintoketjukaskadi
A trophic cascade
Luonnon monimuotoisuus
Biodiversity / diversity (of life)
Palaaja, palannut
A returnee
Perinpohjainen, radikaali
Radical (idea)
Petollisen, harhaanjohtavan
Deceptively (radical)
Hätkähdyttävä, yllättävä
Startling (results)
Liukas, vaikeasti määriteltävä
Slippery (word)
  1. What is the writer's main purpose in the text?To explain rewilding and weigh the arguments for and against it
  2. According to the text, how does rewilding differ from conventional conservation?It withdraws human control instead of managing the land actively
  3. Why does the writer mention beavers?Because their dams create wetlands that many other species rely on
  4. What does the passage suggest about the word "wild" in a European context?It is hard to apply, because humans have shaped almost all the land
  5. Why do many farmers object to rewilding, according to the text?They experience it as a surrender of a countryside they value
  6. In the sentence "without demanding that it earn its keep", the phrase "earn its keep" meansprove that it is financially useful
  7. What is the overall tone of the final paragraph?Cautiously hopeful
  8. Read the passage and choose the best alternative for each gap.
  9. The passage below is taken from the study text. Fill each gap using the grey hint shown in the gap.whose, as, out, wilderness, genuinely, worse, Biodiversity, across, managed, by, driven, with

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