afforestation
- noun
- /ˌæfɔːrɛˈsteɪʃən/
- Specialized
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reforestación
- The Chinese government implemented six key forestry conservation programs, strengthened forest resources management, and oversaw large-scale afforestation.
- afforestation projects
Examples
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Afforestation helps combat climate change by transforming barren land into lush forests.
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Community volunteers participated in afforestation activities to increase green spaces in their town.
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One effort, which is considered the best solution, is afforestation through community tree-planting.
Blog text (5) -
In the 1920s, the Forest Department believed that afforestation was necessary to arrest environmental desiccation and to fulfill the growing need for domestic fuel and construction timber.
Academic text (1994) -
The situation pertaining to the afforestation of farmland has changed radically with administrative restructuring.
Academic text (1991) -
Together, afforestation and bioenergy could offset 0.3% to 28% of the CO2 emissions in rural counties.
Academic text (2012) -
For largely rural counties, afforestation, sustainable fuelwood harvest for electricity generation, and utility-scale wind power can provide the largest and most cost-effective mitigation opportunities.
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Where cost-effective, landslide-control measures should enable the continuation of productive farming; elsewhere, afforestation or pasture reversion to scrub and bush will enhance slope stability.
Academic text (1991) -
The climate change mitigation potential of forests can be improved by reducing deforestation, increasing the land area that is forested (afforestation and reforestation), and enhancing forest carbon density (Canadell and Raupach 2008).
Academic text (2011) -
The government has initiated a massive afforestation program to restore the natural habitat.
Synonyms
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Planting trees to make an area into a forest
Compounds
How Forested
- Specialized
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1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word afforestation starts with af-, a part that means 'to', and ends with forest, meaning 'a large group of trees'. So it literally means 'to make a forest', like reforest, which is why afforestation is the process of planting trees on land that was not a forest before.