Afforestation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of creating a new forest where none had existed before, or reforestation of areas long deforested. countable, uncountable

    "Much might be said of the condition of the timber in the reserves, as typified in this locality, of possible means for its conservation and regulated use, and of the problems of afforestation, and of sylviculture generally, which are involved in the proper management of the reserves."

  2. 2
    the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting) wordnet

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afforestingarboretumarboricultureboondocksbushbushveld

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"Through sustainable land management practices, afforestation initiatives, and community engagement programs, Algeria has made significant strides in reversing desertification trends."

Etymology

From Medieval Latin afforestātiō, from afforestāt-, past participial stem of afforestō (“to convert into a forest”) (from Latin ad- + Late Latin forestis (“forest”) + -ō (suffix forming verbs)), + Latin -iō (suffix forming action nouns). By surface analysis, afforest + -ation.

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