reforestation

nounC1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechToo rare in one of the two pools to compare — fewer than 20 uses in speech or in writing

Reforestation is the planting of trees where forest was lost. Fund reforestation.

Planting the wrong species in the wrong place does harm, particularly on peat. Reforestation works best where the trees are allowed to seed themselves back in.

Definitions of reforestation

1nounreforestationThe planting of trees where forest was lost.C1
“The reforestation scheme put in four million trees in a decade.”

reforestation is a practice.

Where it comes from

From reforest + -ation.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Nature & Weather

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reforestation in the wild

Three important purposes of reforestation programs are for harvesting of wood, for climate change mitigation, and for ecosystem and habitat restoration purposes.
Reforestation
One method of reforestation is to establish tree plantations, also called plantation forests.
Reforestation
In silviculture, the activity is known as "reforestation", or "afforestation," depending on whether the area being planted has recently been forested or not.
Tree planting
Trees are planted in many different parts of the world, and strategies may differ widely across nations and regions and among individual reforestation companies.
Tree planting
In comparison, reforestation means re-establishing forest that have either been cut down or lost due to natural causes, such as fire, storm, etc.
Afforestation

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