afforestation

Meaning

The act or process of creating a new forest where none had existed before, or reforestation of areas long deforested.

Synonyms

tree planting

reforestation

forestation

reafforestation

repopulation

afforestment

afforest

foresting

forest conservation

plantation

Translations

boisement

Aufforstung

imboschimento

forestación

afforestation

تشجير

florestamento

αναδάσωση

bebossing

repoblación

aforestació

arborização

Wiederaufforstung

Neuaufforstung

Etymology

From Medieval Latin afforestātiō, from afforestāt-, past participial stem of afforestō (“to convert into a forest”) (from Latin ad- + Late Latin forestis (“forest”) + -ō (suffix forming verbs)), + Latin -iō (suffix forming action nouns). By surface analysis, afforest + -ation.