reforestation
noun/ˌriːfɒrɪˈsteɪʃn/
/ˌriːfɔːrɪˈsteɪʃn/
(British English also reafforestation)
[uncountable] (specialist)- the act of planting new trees in an area where there used to be a forest compare deforestation
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