forestation
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- noun
- /fɔːrˈɛsteɪʃən/
- Specialized
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forestación
- Although the forest sector states that "the Reforestation, Forestation, and Forest Protection Law does not offer enough, nor will it have a positive impact on reforestation processes" (AFE-COHDEFOR 1996, 387), that formal legal protection for forest land exists at all is significant.
- forestation projects
Simons and and you wonder, even though they could do all that plant and all that forestation, could they keep their hair?
- Simons and and you wonder, even though they could do all that plant and all that forestation, could they keep their hair?
Examples
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Betts RA. 2000. Offset of the potential carbon sink from boreal forestation by decreases in surface albedo. Nature 408: 187-190.
Academic text (2012) -
If a government auctions or sells permits, the revenue should be used to finance offsets, such as forestation projects, to avoid distorting the market by favoring one technology or initiative over another.
Academic text (2009) -
Simons and and you wonder, even though they could do all that plant and all that forestation, could they keep their hair?
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The value of possible carbon sinks from low-till farming, as well as grasslands and commercial and other forestation projects outside tropical regions, is much higher.
Academic text (2005) -
Shifting cultivation also inhibits forestation, thereby detracting from the state's future timber revenues.
Academic text (1996) -
Thanks to large-scale tree planting and forestation projects in the West Lake Scenic Area and around urban roads, rivers, residential quarters, factories, and companies, the urban green spaces in Hangzhou City are full of vigor and vitality.
Academic text (2006) -
The overall effect of grassland forestation is a significant change in the water budget, including a decrease in groundwater recharge partially attributable to greater soil hydrophobicity in the near-surface soils.
Academic text (2017) -
The government launched a new initiative focused on forestation to combat climate change in the region.
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Community volunteers participated in forestation efforts by planting trees in the local park this spring.
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Due to extensive forestation, the area has transformed into a thriving ecosystem filled with diverse wildlife.
Synonyms
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Planting trees to bring back a forest after people cut or burn it
Planting new trees on land where a forest was cut down
Planting trees on land that was not a forest before
Planting trees or other plants again to bring back plant life after damage
Plants grow again in an area naturally or with help
How Forested
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- Specialized
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970
1.0
27
2.6
34
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Forestation comes from forest 'a large area of trees' plus the ending -ation 'the act or process of'. So forestation means the process of making or planting a forest, which is why we use it for efforts that plant trees and create woodland.