to reclaim land by diking

Kenting, a national park on the southern tip of Taiwan, popular as a tourist destination (abbr. for 墾丁國家公園|垦丁国家公园[Ken3 ding1 Guo2 jia1 Gong1 yuan2])

see 墾利區|垦利区[Ken3 li4 Qu1]

to open up land for cultivation

to bring under cultivation (scrubland, marshland etc)