afforestation

== English == === Etymology === From Medieval Latin afforestātiō, from afforestāt-, past participial stem of afforestō (“to convert into a forest”) (from Latin ad- + Late Latin forestis (“forest”) + -ō (suffix forming verbs)), + Latin -iō (suffix forming action nouns). By surface analysis, afforest +‎ -ation. === Pronunciation === === Noun === afforestation (countable and uncountable, plural afforestations) The act or process of creating a new forest where none had existed before, or reforestation of areas long deforested. ==== Antonyms ==== deforestation ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References ===