Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The planting or establishment of forests; afforestation.
Wiktionary
- n. The act of planting a forest
- n. The conversion of a habitat to forest
Examples
“However, it is not clear what kind of forestation has the government in mind.”
The Huffington Post: K. P. Sasi: Fishing Communities and Politics of Climate Change in India
“Not only does it simply make sense, but we really enjoy supporting water and forestation organizations as it's part of our company's ethos and way of thinking to give back and participate.”
“At the same time, if you're accessing ground water, you need to make sure that you have active forestation.”
“High-impact events expected by mid-century included decreased forestation caused by red band needle blight, shortages in public water supply especially in the north, Midlands and south of England, and worse water quality.”
The Guardian: Flooding rated as worst climate change threat facing UK
“How about the de-forestation or over-fishing to the point some species of fish we rely on are threatened.”
“If you don't think that the de-forestation alone on this planet is enough to tweek CO2 levels globally and impact mankind as a whole then you're just a dimwit.”
“Moreover, anti-government guerillas are attempting to stop the forestation. (from: ANN)”
“The work to be done includes forestation of public lands, the prevention of forest fires, floods and soil erosion, pest control, construction, maintenance and repair of roads and trails, overseen by the Interior Department.”
“Despite the disappointments of Copenhagen, China's five year plan will this year give greater priority to low carbon development -- not least the export of wind turbines. 2010 will also see the expansion of India's solar mission; more evidence of Brazil's climate change ambitions; and the results of Norway's joint effort with Brazil, Indonesia and Guyana to finance forestation on a new pay-by-results basis.”
The Huffington Post: Gordon Brown: Climate Change Action Is Economic Common Sense
“Colorado is host to a long list of large offset projects such as biomass generated electricity, Cameo's co-generation facility, solar, wind, coal mine methane capture, agriculture sector manure treatment systems with methane recovery, U.S. Forest Service forestation projects, geological sequestration and New Belgium Brewery and Colorado Pork methane-to-energy projects.”
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