noun · academic
afforestation
UK/əˌfɒrɪˈsteɪʃən/US/əˌfɔːrɪˈsteɪʃən/af·for·re·STA·tion
The planting of trees on land that has not been forested recently, creating a new forest.
Examples
“The government's afforestation programme aims to turn degraded land into woodland.”
“Large-scale afforestation can help sequester carbon from the atmosphere.”
“Afforestation differs from reforestation because it establishes trees where there were none recently.”
Band 8 sentence
“Afforestation on abandoned farmland can both restore biodiversity and act as a long-term carbon sink.”
Collocations
- afforestation project
- large-scale afforestation
- promote afforestation
Word family
Common mistakes
afforestations→afforestation
afforestation = reforestation→afforestation ≠ reforestation
Say it for a higher band
5planting trees→6tree-planting project→7+afforestation
Synonyms
tree planting
Easily confused
reforestation
“Reforestation typically involves planting trees in areas that were recently logged.”
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