afforestation
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Domestically, there have been afforestation plans to restore natural flood barriers.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025
But researchers in England and France found that the tree-planting process, known as afforestation, faces insurmountable land use and financial challenges.
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 this matter of afforestation, Scanno continues its system of draconic severity.
From Alone by Douglas, Norman
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
