reafforestation
nounUK /ˌriːəˌfɒrɪˈsteɪʃən/
US /ˌriːəˌfɔːrɪˈsteɪʃən/
Reafforestation is when people plant new trees in a place where the forest was cut down or lost.
After the wildfire, the community began reafforestation to bring the forest back.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The act of restoring tree cover to land that was previously forested but has been cleared.
The government funded reafforestation of the hillsides to prevent landslides.
3. A planned program of planting trees to rebuild a damaged or destroyed forest ecosystem.
Their reafforestation program planted thousands of native saplings each spring.
4. The process of renewing woodland on land where trees had been removed by logging or fire.
Reafforestation after the logging season helped the valley recover quickly.