From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishafforestationaf‧for‧es‧ta‧tion /əˌfɒrəˈsteɪʃən $ əˌfɔː-, əˌfɑː-/ noun [uncountable] technicalTAFthe act of planting trees in order to make a forestOPP deforestationExamples from the Corpusafforestation• No distinction is made between lossesdue to agriculture and afforestation.• Both forest management and afforestation are responsible for direct and indirectenvironmental change.• So on balance, it looks as though I will be doing the replanting and afforestation for Fairfax.• Most have long since gone, leaving behind their legacy of sunless, blanketafforestation.• Water yield as well as water quality is affected by afforestation and reforestation.• Some of the changes are the result of afforestation and reservoirconstruction so that not every change is attributable to agricultural development.• Will he tell us whether it is intended to give help for water projects, sanitation or afforestation?• Not all silvicultural practices are as extreme and the character of the ground flora will also depend on the land-use prior to afforestation.