Definition of "afforestation"
noun
countable and uncountable, plural afforestations
The act or process of creating a new forest where none had existed before, or reforestation of areas long deforested.
Quotations
Much might be said of the condition of the timber in the reserves, as typified in this locality, of possible means for its conservation and regulated use, and of the problems of afforestation, and of sylviculture generally, which are involved in the proper management of the reserves.
1899, John H. Barber, “Camping in a government reservation”, in Overland Monthly, volume 33, page 454
While, however, the military critic from Britain might concur in this, he might tell us that the afforestation of such a wilderness as is Natal, for instance, is too large an undertaking for practical consideration.
1901 May 10, G. H. Davies, “Forest in War”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 5, page 142