AFFORESTATION

afforestation

(noun) the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From Latin ad + forresta, forestis

Noun

afforestation (countable and uncountable, plural afforestations)

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

Antonyms

• deforestation

Source: Wiktionary


Af*for`es*ta"tion, n.

Definition: The act of converting into forest or woodland. Blackstone.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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