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Noun: reforestation  `ree-fo-rus'tey-shun
  1. The restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting
    "the fire's worst scars were effaceable by a comprehensive program of reforestation"
    - re-afforestation

Derived forms: reforestations

See also: reforest

Type of: reclamation, rehabilitation, renewal

Encyclopedia: Reforestation

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