re-afforestation

2 definitions found

re-afforestation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Reafforestation \Re`af*for`es*ta"tion\ (-[e^]s*t[=a]"sh[u^]n),
     n.
     The act or process of converting again into a forest.
     [1913 Webster]

re-afforestation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  re-afforestation
      n 1: the restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been
           reduced by fire or cutting [syn: reforestation, re- afforestation
           ]