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Meaning of "forestation" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF FORESTATION

ˌfɒrɪˈsteɪʃən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FORESTATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Forestation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FORESTATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Afforestation

Afforestation is the establishment of a forest or stand of trees in an area where there was no forest. Reforestation is the reestablishment of forest cover, either naturally or artificially. Many governments and non-governmental organizations directly engage in programs of afforestation to create forests, increase carbon capture and sequestration, and help to anthropogenically improve biodiversity. Special tools, e.g. tree planting bar, are used to make planting of trees easier and faster.

Definition of forestation in the English dictionary

The definition of forestation in the dictionary is the planting of trees over a wide area.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FORESTATION

accreditation · citation · crustacean · documentation · excitation · gestation · hesitation · ice-station · infestation · manifestation · orientation · outstation · PlayStation · presentation · prestation · reforestation · reputation · station · substation · workstation

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FORESTATION

forest park · forest ranger · forest-like · forestage · forestair · forestal · forestall · forestaller · forestallment · forestalment · forestay · forestaysail · foresteal · forested · forester · forestial · forestine · forestland · forestless · forestry

WORDS THAT END LIKE FORESTATION

action · administration · animation · application · association · certification · combination · communication · confirmation · conversation · corporation · creation · decoration · destination · duration · education · evaluation · federation · formation · foundation · generation

Synonyms and antonyms of forestation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «forestation» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF FORESTATION

Find out the translation of forestation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of forestation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «forestation» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

造林
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

forestación
570 millions of speakers
en

English

forestation
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

वनरोपण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التشجير
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

лесоразведение
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

florestamento
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

বনায়নের
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

reboisement
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Perhutanan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Aufforstung
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

植林
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

조림
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Alas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trồng rừng
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

காடுகளை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

वनीकरण
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

ağaçlandırma
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

forestazione
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

zalesianie
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

лісорозведення
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

împădurire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναδάσωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bebosslng
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fore
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skog
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of forestation

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FORESTATION»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of forestation
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about forestation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORESTATION»

Discover the use of forestation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to forestation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Forestation of the Sand Hills of Nebraska and Kansas
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger PublishingAcentsa -a centss Legacy Reprint Series.
Carlos G. Bates, Roy Gifford Pierce, 2010
2
China's Climate Change Policies
China's forestation efforts have resulted in significant environmental benefits. Data from the National Climate Change Program indicate that forestation activities, including both national programs and voluntary tree planting by individuals, ...
Weiguang Wang, Guoguang Zheng, Jiahua Pan, 2012
3
Advances in Electronic Commerce, Web Application and ...
same time, Developing forestation program for carbon sequestration can improve reemployment of the employees in the forestry region and to some degrees, alleviate the unemployment problem of the forestry region. 1 The Basic Theory of  ...
David Jin, Sally Lin, 2012
4
The Oxford Companion to Global Change
Forestation (or reforestation) is the renewal of the trees on a forest area from which the trees have recently been harvested or removed by natural disturbance (e.g., fire, insects, wind, disease, or landslide). The term implies forest replacement ...
David Cuff, Andrew Goudie, 2009
5
Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics: Past, ...
The hydrological effects of this practice and the potential of forestation to improve or restore the hydrological behaviour of degraded catchments constitute the prime focus of this chapter, expanding and updating an earlier review of the subject ...
Michael Bonell, L. A. Bruijnzeel, 2004
6
Global Climate Change and Agricultural Production: Direct ...
One of the most often presented mitigation options is forestation. This option increases the C sequestered in forests and remains effective if the total extent of forests continues to increase (NEP of old-growth forests are in balance with respect ...
Fakhri A. Bazzaz, Wim G. Sombroek, 1996
7
Proceedings of Intermountain Nurseryman's Association ...
A forestation system based on the Hawaii Dibbling Tube containers has been developed in Hawaii. Plantings of containerized seedlings of both native and introduced species have had consistently higher survival and growth rates than those ...
Intermountain Nurseryman's Association. Meeting, Mt. Sopris Nursery (U.S.), 1979
8
Encyclopedia of Global Change: Environmental Change and ...
This term is similar to afforestation, which refers to forestation on lands that have not previously supported forest plant communities, or not for a long time. A third term, reforestation, has the same meaning as forestation. Forestation is a practice  ...
Andrew Goudie, Professor of Geography David J Cuff, 2001
9
Wetland and Water Resource Modeling and Assessment: A ...
The hydrologic impacts of forestation are more pronounced in this region due to the high water uptake by tropical trees. For example, some studies have recorded water yield increase of 80 to 90 mm per year per 10% forest removal (Bruijnzeel ...
Wei Ji, 2007
10
Tropical Agriculture in Transition — Opportunities for ...
Table V below shows the carbon and cost in baseline and mitigation scenarios TABLE IV. Land area scenarios for mitigation activities (MM). Tanzania Forestation 0.4 Total Forestation 42.2 Forest protection 9.2 1.7 I 10.8 23.2 baseline scenario ...
Reiner Wassmann, Paul Vlek, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORESTATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term forestation is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Govt awards 4 for conserving wildlife | The Daily Star
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to hand over the awards today, at the inaugural ceremony of the national forestation campaign and ... «The Daily Star, Jul 15»
2
THE MOST FROM THE COAST !
The forestation campaign in Luanda began in earnest only in recent months with the city government spending over 500 million dollars to ... «Coastweek, Jul 15»
3
LETTERS: Death is a private matter - Press Enterprise
If the proposed water for the 91 were used on the Lake fire's ashes and seedlings to progress new forestation, one can only imagine how much ... «Press-Enterprise, Jul 15»
4
OB joins Mongolia forestry efforts
“The Cass forestation project is a sustainable, extensive model that should be expanded to other desertification cases around the world.” «The Korea Herald, Jul 15»
5
Heatwave in Karachi
As there is a severe shortage of parks, the coastal line can be an ideal place for forestation. In this regard, the government can follow the ... «Daily Times, Jul 15»
6
Viewfinder: Cody Weber
But it was a treasure trove, full of beautiful forestation and untouched homes, and it was less than twenty miles from the town I grew up in! «Daily Yonder, Jul 15»
7
Restoring the balance
As there is shortage of parks and area in our city for proper forestation, the costal line provides the best substitute. Government should utilize ... «The Nation, Jul 15»
8
Pastoral females become fortune makers by improving poverty in …
... through setting up smaller cottage industries and enterprises, social forestation, micro-credit activities, VGD and other government programs. «News Hour, Jul 15»
9
From Kyoto to Paris
“We have conveyed the proposed actions to all government departments and ministries which are dealing with water, forestation, gas ... «The News on Sunday, Jul 15»
10
Turkey-S. Korea friendship forest founded
In his speech, İpek offered insight into the exemplary practices of the Forestry Ministry, which has a history of 176 years in forestation and the ... «Daily Sabah, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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