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Definition of Re-afforestation
1. Noun. The restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting.
Generic synonyms: Reclamation, Rehabilitation, Renewal
Derivative terms: Re-afforest, Reforest
Lexicographical Neighbors of Re-afforestation
Literary usage of Re-afforestation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Indian Forester (1896)
"re-afforestation of the ... spur in Patiala Rajindra Rukh, and on the crests of
the ridge on re-afforestation ..."
2. The Broad Stone of Empire: Problems of Crown Colony Administration, with by Charles Bruce (1910)
"100000 for re-afforestation. The Council reiterate their opinion 'as to the
importance of completing the re-afforestation of the Island both from an ..."
3. The Indian Forester (1888)
"In regard to re'afforestation there seems to be some misapprehension. ...
Projects of re-afforestation must be very carefully considered, and nothing done ..."
4. The Indian Forester (1886)
"Such a catastrophe should be conjured away in time in Ireland, but it must surely
occur, if the work of re-afforestation is not taken in hand before long. ..."