Restoration may refer to:

• Assisted natural regeneration (ANR), protection and preservation of natural tree seedlings in forested areas
• Conservation biology practices to restore biodiversity and ecosystem function
• Environmental remediation, action to improve the environment or prevent further degradation, generally based on assessment of health and ecological risks, and subject to regulatory requirements
• Environmental restoration, a process in which a damaged natural resource is renewed
• Island restoration, the ecological restoration of islands
• Reforestation, natural or intentional restocking of existing forests and woodlands that have been depleted, usually through deforestation
  • Afforestation, the process of establishing a forest of stand of trees in an area where there was no forest
• Restoration ecology, the return of a landscape, ecosystem, or other ecological entity to a predefined historical state; the practice of renewing and restoring degraded, damaged, or destroyed ecosystems and habitats in the environment by active human intervention and action
• Stream restoration, activities that improve the environmental health of a river or stream

The Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. The term Restoration is used to describe both the actual event by which the monarchy was restored, and the period of several years afterwards in which a new political settlement was established. It is very often used to cover the whole reign of Charles II (1660–1685) and often the brief reign of his younger brother James II (1685-1688). In certain contexts it may be used to cover the whole period of the later Stuart monarchs as far as the death of Queen Anne and the accession of the Hanoverian George I in 1714; for example Restoration comedy typically encompasses works written as late as 1710.