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forestation

American  
[fawr-uh-stey-shuhn, for-] / ˌfɔr əˈsteɪ ʃən, ˌfɒr- /

noun

  1. the planting of forests.

forestation British  
/ ˌfɒrɪˈsteɪʃən /

noun

  1. the planting of trees over a wide area

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Etymology

Origin of forestation

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900; forest + -ation

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It also would ramp up research into wildfire mitigation technologies and change some forestation treatments.

From Los Angeles Times

He has found that current modeling of local smallholding forestation sites is not compatible with the internationally agreed Paris Agreement.

From Science Daily

Yin's empirical research indicates that this finding could be representative of the entire forestation sector.

From Science Daily

The side effects of large-scale forestation initiatives could reduce the CO2 removal benefits by up to a third, a pioneering study has found.

From Science Daily

We need to evaluate forestation, and other climate change mitigation strategies, in detail.

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