the planting or care of forests; afforestation
noun
The definition of forestation is the act of planting or cultivating a forest.
An example of forestation is when a bunch of trees have been planted to try to grow a forest to replace a forest which had been cut down.
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Sentence Examples
- Measures have been taken, both by the provincial and the federal governments, for its preservation, and for re-forestation of depleted areas.
- It has been yearly observed by the public schools of the state, and no state has done more than Nebraska for the forestation of its waste and prairie lands.
- In the sand-hills the sand-bar willow of the rivers and the cottonwood growing naturally, evidence the good conditions of moisture; and the forestation of much of the region is undoubtedly possible.
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Words near forestation in the dictionary
- forestation
- forestations
- forestaves
- forestay