Noun: reforestation ,ree-for-u'stey-shun or ,ree-fór-i'stey-shun [N. Amer], ,ree-fó-ri'stey-shun [Brit]
- The restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting
"the fire's worst scars were effaceable by a comprehensive program of reforestation";
- re-afforestation
Derived forms: reforestations
Type of: reclamation, rehabilitation, renewal
Encyclopedia: Reforestation