Meaning Afforestation
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  Planting of new forests on lands that have not been recently forested.
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The establishment of trees on an area that has lacked forest cover for a very long time or has never been forested (see also reforestation).
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Planting of new forests on lands that historically have not contained forests. [1]
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planting of trees on previously un-wooded land.
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establishment of forest plantations on land that, until then, was not classified as forest. Implies a transformation from non-forest to forest.
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 Planting of new forests on lands that have not been recently forested.
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Direct human-induced conversion of land that has not been forested for a period of at least 50 years to forested land through planting, seeding and/or the human-induced promotion of natural seed sourc [..]
Source: climatehotmap.org

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The process of establishing and growing forests on bare or cultivated land, which has not been forested in recent history.
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(n) the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting)
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Planting of new forests on lands that historically have not contained forests.
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The establishment of a tree crop on an area from which it has always, or for very long, been absent. Where such establishment fails and is repeated, the latter may properly be termed reafforestation. Boisement
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The planting of new forests on land that historically have not contained forests.
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The planting of new forests on lands where the preceding vegetation or land did not contain forests.
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The process or act of changing land into forest by planting trees, seeding, etc. on land formerly used for something other than forestry. This can obviously be contrasted with deforestation. [American [..]
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The act of converting into forest or woodland. (01 Mar 1998)
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The planting of trees in areas that have not previously held forests.
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The establishment of a forest or stand of trees in an area where the preceding vegetation or land use was not forest.
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planting new forests on lands that have not been recently forested.
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The establishment or forest or tree cover in accordance with Chapter 22A of the Montgomery County Code on an area from which it has always or very long been absent, or the planting of open areas which [..]
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The process by which trees and shrubs are planted in order to grow a new section of forest.
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Afforestation is the direct human-induced conversion of land that has not been forested for a period of at least 50 years to forested land, through planting, seeding and/or the human-induced promotion [..]
Source: cifor.org

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Planting of new forests on lands that historically have not contained forests. (Source: UNFCCC) Simple definition: The planting of new forests on land that has historically not been forested. See also [..]
Source: pacificclimatechange.net

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Establishment of a forest where one did not recently occur, as when trees are planted on agricultural land.
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Establishment of plantations on treeless land.
Source: forestry.gov.uk (offline)





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