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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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 Apr. 11, 2025

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

From Science Daily Feb. 26, 2024

Here abundant rain, adequate forestation, and a host of wildlife provided conditions that could support ever- growing populations over long periods of time.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, a centrist, urged a halt to the contested forestation.

From Reuters Jan. 12, 2022

There is, for instance, coal and iron, but iron has to be smelted where there is forestation, and we come right back to climate, as one of the principal factors in civilization.

From Unexplored! by Chaffee, Allen

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