Definitions for reforestation
re·for·esta·tion

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1. reforestation, re-afforestationnoun

   the restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting

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1. Reforestationnoun

   replanting with trees; reconversion into a forest; the act of reforesting.

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1. reforestationnoun

   The act or process of replanting a forest, especially after clear-cutting.

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1. Reforestation

   Reforestation (occasionally, reafforestation) is the natural or intentional restocking of existing forests and woodlands (forestation) that have been depleted, usually through deforestation but also after clearcutting.

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1. Reforestation

   Reforestation is the natural or intentional restocking of existing forests and woodlands that have been depleted, usually through deforestation. Reforestation can be used to improve the quality of human life by soaking up pollution and dust from the air, rebuild natural habitats and ecosystems, mitigate global warming since forests facilitate biosequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide, and harvest for resources, particularly timber. The term reforestation is similar to afforestation, the process of restoring and recreating areas of woodlands or forests that may have existed long ago but were deforested or otherwise removed at some point in the past. Sometimes the term re-afforestation is used to distinguish between the original forest cover and the later re-growth of forest to an area. Special tools, e.g. tree planting bar, are used to make planting of trees easier and faster.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of reforestation in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of reforestation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of reforestation in a Sentence

1. Alamos CEO John McCluskey:

   We've already paid for it ... As part of the forestry permit, we have paid about $5 million (and) a big component of that fee is to pay for reforestation, in six and a half years, the whole focus of this area will be to replant. And in a decade, maybe a bit more than that, it will look like a forest again.

2. Dean Dalla Valle:

   This is not about a dollar amount, this about a program to remediate, to restore and where we can't restore to compensate and also to leave some positive legacies behind, besides straight remediation, we are talking about actions like sewage, landfill, reforestation, water treatment.

3. Dean Dalla Valle:

   Besides straight remediation, we are talking about actions like sewage, landfill, reforestation, water treatment.

4. Mark Maslin:

   We have to be very careful when we look at carbon offsets because they are an additional bonus when we're dealing with climate change, but they are not the solution, reforestation or rewilding of the world can only go so far... The solution to climate change is rapid decarbonization of our energy systems.

5. Joram Mathenge:

   In the past, people would be pushed off the land for reforestation. At night, they would rip up the saplings and destroy their roots.

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