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The restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting
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reforestation
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Reforestation is the natural or intentional restocking of existing forests and woodlands that have been depleted, usually through deforestation . Reforestation can be used to rectify or improve the quality of human life by soaking up pollution and dust ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Alp Action is to launch a number of conservation projects, including reforestation , together with a public education programme. ▪ Apart from the effects of afforestation and reforestation on flora and fauna, there are other ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting [syn: re-afforestation ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Reforestation \Re`for*est*a"tion\, n replanting with trees; reconversion into a forest; the act of reforesting.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act or process of replanting a forest, especially after clear-cutting.
Usage examples of reforestation.
The inhabitants erased the signs of Thread depredation and grew crops, planted orchards and thought of reforestation for the slopes denuded by Thread.
The inhabitants erased the signs of Thread depredation and grew crops, planted orchards, and thought of reforestation for the slopes denuded by Thread.
This feat, you see, this grand reforestation, would be a getting and a giving.
It turned out that the stone irrigation canals zigzagging up and down the valley, along with much of the greenery, were products of the Aga Khan’s irrigation and reforestation programs, which were regenerating the valley and making it self-sufficient without the help, or hindrance, of the Pakistani government.
Just as the day school on the Rishi Valley campus was the hub for this satellite school network, each satellite school was the hub for a village, where courses in adult literacy, land reclamation, reforestation, hygiene, beekeeping, etc.
Having been mined out, that level was now used as an arboretum to grow trees for reforestation projects around Sudbury.
The entire region had once been environmentally devastated from millennia of overwork but even before the latter Council period aggressive reforestation and environmental rebuilding had refreshed the landscape.
I'll spend three thousand years writing it, it'll be packed full of information on soil conservation, the Tennessee Valley Authority, astronomy, geology, Hsuan Tsung's travels, Chinese painting theory, reforestation, Oceanic ecology and food chains.