afforestation
Afforestation is the process of establishing a forest on land that has not recently been covered by trees. It involves planting seeds or saplings to create new wooded areas, often to improve the environment or for commercial timber.
Exemplos
3 de 5Our neighborhood is starting an afforestation project to make the area greener.
The local community is beginning a plan to plant a new forest to improve the environment.
The government has committed to extensive afforestation to meet its carbon neutrality goals.
The state has promised wide-scale tree planting to achieve its environmental targets.
Did you hear? They're finally doing some afforestation in that old empty field.
Have you heard? They are at last planting trees in that vacant plot of land.
Antônimos
Família de palavras
Dica de memorização
Think of the 'A' in Afforestation as 'Adding' a forest to a place where there wasn't one before.
Quiz rápido
The local government initiated a massive ___ program to convert the abandoned wasteland into a thriving woodland.
Correto!
A resposta correta é: afforestation
Exemplos
Our neighborhood is starting an afforestation project to make the area greener.
everydayThe local community is beginning a plan to plant a new forest to improve the environment.
The government has committed to extensive afforestation to meet its carbon neutrality goals.
formalThe state has promised wide-scale tree planting to achieve its environmental targets.
Did you hear? They're finally doing some afforestation in that old empty field.
informalHave you heard? They are at last planting trees in that vacant plot of land.
Studies show that afforestation significantly improves biodiversity in previously barren landscapes.
academicResearch indicates that creating new forests greatly increases the variety of life in empty areas.
The company's CSR initiative focuses on afforestation to offset its annual carbon footprint.
businessThe firm's social responsibility plan uses tree planting to balance out its environmental impact.
Antônimos
Família de palavras
Colocações comuns
Frases Comuns
afforestation and reforestation
creating new forests and replanting old ones
large-scale afforestation
planting trees over a very wide area
afforestation efforts
the hard work put into planting new forests
Frequentemente confundido com
Afforestation is planting trees on land that was never a forest, while reforestation is replanting trees where a forest used to be.
Afforestation is the creation of a forest, whereas deforestation is the destruction or removal of a forest.
Notas de uso
Afforestation is a technical term mostly found in environmental reports, academic papers, and policy discussions. It is rarely used in casual conversation unless discussing specific ecological projects.
Erros comuns
Learners often use 'reforestation' when they actually mean 'afforestation'. Remember that the prefix 're-' means 'again', so reforestation is for land that was already a forest.
Dica de memorização
Think of the 'A' in Afforestation as 'Adding' a forest to a place where there wasn't one before.
Origem da palavra
Derived from the Latin 'ad-' (to/towards) and 'forestis' (forest), literally meaning 'to bring land into forest status'.
Padrões gramaticais
Contexto cultural
Afforestation is a central topic in global climate change summits and initiatives like the 'Great Green Wall' in Africa.
Quiz rápido
The local government initiated a massive ___ program to convert the abandoned wasteland into a thriving woodland.
Correto!
A resposta correta é: afforestation
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