afforestation
Americannoun
plural
afforestations-
the conversion of previously bare or cultivated land into forest. Compare reforestation.
Other Word Forms
- reafforestation noun
Example Sentences
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Domestically, there have been afforestation plans to restore natural flood barriers.
From BBC • Aug. 24, 2025
Most estimates suggest that afforestation is the “cheapest” means of offsetting carbon emissions — the international Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development estimates it will cost more than $14 per ton of carbon offset.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025
The researchers provide a tool practitioners and land managers can use to determine just how much of a problem albedo is for any reforestation or afforestation project on the globe.
From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2024
And carbon removal schemes like those based on afforestation — planting trees that will store carbon as they grow — might last only a few years if a disease or forest fire comes along.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2023
In the morning a Governor with imagination told me of the prefecture's gallant enterprises in afforestation and river embanking at expenditures which were almost crippling.
From The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by Scott, J.W. Robertson
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