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Reforestation   /rˌifɔrəstˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Reforestation

noun
1.
The restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting.  Synonym: re-afforestation.





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"Reforestation" Quotes from Famous Books



... denial of the value of reforestation as a preventive of floods, it is claimed by many authorities that much of the destruction is due to the fact that the states of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois have been almost denuded of such forests as originally stood there. No impediment is offered to the flow of water and disastrous ...
— The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado • Logan Marshall


Words linked to "Reforestation" :   re-afforestation, renewal, reclamation, rehabilitation, reforest


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