reafforestation
noun/ˌriːəˌfɒrɪˈsteɪʃn/
/ˌriːəˌfɔːrɪˈsteɪʃn/
(British English) (also reforestation British and North American English)
[uncountable] (specialist)- the act of planting new trees in an area where there used to be a forest
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