forestation

English

Etymology

From forest +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɛksə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

forestation (plural forestations)

1. The act of planting a forest.
2. The conversion of a habitat to forest.

Derived terms

• deforestation
• disforestation
• reforestation

Translations

act of planting a forest

• Bulgarian: залесяване n (zalesjavane)
• Finnish: metsittäminen (fi), metsänistutus
• German: Aufforstung (de) f
• Italian: forestazione f
• Persian: جنگل‌سازی (jangal-sâzi), درخت‌نشانی (daraxt-nešâni), نهال‌نشانی (nehâl-nešâni)
• Spanish: silvicultura (es) f
• Swedish: förskogning c
• Tagalog: sagubat
• Turkish: ağaçlandırma (tr)