afforestation

noun

🔊/əˌfɒrɪˈsteɪʃn/

🔊/əˌfɔːrɪˈsteɪʃn/

[uncountable] (specialist)

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the process of planting areas of land with trees in order to form a forest人工造林；（无林地）造林 compare deforestation
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from medieval Latin afforestare, from ad- ‘to’ (expressing change) + foresta ‘forest’ + -tion.