afforestation

  • 21afforestation — af·for·es·ta·tion …

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  • 22afforestation — UK [əˌfɒrɪˈsteɪʃ(ə)n] / US [əˌfɔrəˈsteɪʃ(ə)n] noun [uncountable] the process of planting many trees on an area of land See: deforestation …

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  • 23afforestation — /aforasteyshan/ The turning of a part of a country into forest or woodland or subjecting it to forest law, q.v …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 24afforestation — /aforasteyshan/ The turning of a part of a country into forest or woodland or subjecting it to forest law, q.v …

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  • 25afforestation — Same as afforestment …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 26afforestation — noun the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting) • Derivationally related forms: ↑afforest • Hypernyms: ↑conversion …

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  • 27re-afforestation — noun the restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting • Syn: ↑reforestation • Derivationally related forms: ↑re afforest, ↑reforest (for: ↑reforestation) …

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  • 28afforest — afforestation, afforestment, n. /euh fawr ist, euh for /, v.t. to convert (bare or cultivated land) into forest, originally for the purpose of providing hunting grounds. [1495 1505; < ML afforestare, equiv. to af AF + forest(is) FOREST + are inf …

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  • 29Thar Desert — The Thar Desert (Hindi: थार मरुस्थल) , also known as the Great Indian Desert, is a large, arid region in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent. With an area of more than 200,000 sq. km., [ [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article&#8230; …

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  • 30Jewish National Fund — The Jewish National Fund (Hebrew: קרן קימת לישראל, Keren Kayemet LeYisrael ) (abbreviated as JNF, and sometimes KKL) was founded in 1901 to buy and develop land in Ottoman Palestine (later Israel) for Jewish settlement. The JNF is a non profit&#8230; …

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