What Is Reforestation
Definitions of reforestation on the Web:
- the restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn - Reforestation is the restocking of existing forests and woodlands which have been depleted, with native tree stock. …
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reforestation - The act or process of replanting a forest, especially after clear-cutting
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reforestation - reforest – forest anew; "After the fire, they reforested the mountain"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn - Reestablishing a forest by planting or seeding an area where forest vegetation has been removed.
www.calforests.org/glossary.html - The conversion of non-forested land to forested land through human activities, on land that was forested but that had been converted to non-forested land.
carbon.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/definitions_e.html - The establishment of a forest through artificial reproduction or natural regeneration.
www.dnr.state.md.us/criticalarea/glossary.html - The planting of forested land that has been lost due to fire, logging, drought, pests, or disease to restore beauty to the landscape, provide food and habitat for wildlife, and for recreational activities.
www.arborday.org/trees/glossary.cfm - the natural or artificial restocking (ie, planting, seeding) of an area with forest trees. Also called forest regeneration.
www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/library/documents/glossary/1990s/R.htm - Replanting of forests on lands that have recently been harvested.
www.natsource.com/markets/index.asp - Artificial establishment of forests on land which carried forestry before and involving the replacement of the indigenous tree species by a new and essential different species or genetic variety.
www.fao.org/docrep/003/x6896e/x6896e0e.htm - Regrowing a forest on a harvested tract of land using artificial (mechanical or hand planting) or natural (seeds or sprouts) regeneration methods.
www.forestasyst.org/glossary.html - A process by which a forest is regrown
www.ifdn.com/teacher/glossary.htm - This method of mitigating soil erosion consists of restoring forests and woodlands in areas that were once deforested or stripped of vegetation.
www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Erosion - This process increases the capacity of the land to sequester carbon by replanting forest biomass in areas where forests were recently harvested.
www.igreenhouse.com.au/ - The replanting of trees on areas of land where forests have been cleared by felling or burning or by natural means. The planted forest has much less species diversity than the original forest.
www.lasgrwc.org/LandscapeEthic/GlossaryNov17.doc - The renewal of forests by planting seeds or seedlings, or by fostering natural regeneration of tree species that do not need to be seeded or planted by hand.
www.wipapercouncil.org/fun7.htm - the reestablishment of forest cover either naturally by seeding coppicing or artificially by direct seeding or planting . Usually maintains the same forest type and is done immediately after the previous stand was removed.
mdc4.mdc.mo.gov/applications/MDCLibrary/Library.aspx - the process of re-establishing a forest after it has been logged or has been destroyed by natural forces like wildfire or disease. …
www.scofieldtimber.com/glossary.html - reforest – Plant young trees to replace trees killed or removed.
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