noun · academic
afforestation
UK/əˌfɒrɪˈsteɪʃ(ə)n/US/əˌfɔːrɪˈsteɪʃən/af·fo·ri·STAY·tion
the planting of trees on land that has not recently been forested, to create a forest
Examples
“Afforestation projects can help sequester carbon and reduce erosion.”
“The government funded afforestation to restore degraded hillsides.”
“Afforestation should use native species to avoid harming local ecosystems.”
Band 8 sentence
“Large-scale afforestation can be effective for carbon mitigation, but planners must ensure species choice and water availability are suitable.”
Collocations
- afforestation projects
- promote afforestation
Word family
Common mistakes
reforestation and afforestation are the same→afforestation often means creating forest on land without recent forest cover; reforestation is replanting where forest was lost
a forestation→afforestation
Say it for a higher band
5planting trees→6reforestation→7+afforestation
Synonyms
reforestation
Easily confused
reforestation
“After the wildfire, the region focused on reforestation rather than afforestation.”
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