Question

Meaning of Afforestation
What is meant by afforestation?

Answer 1

planting of new trees at a place where they have been previously cut or plantation of trees on deforested area.

Answer 2

Afforestation is the process of planting trees ,or sowing trees,in a barren land devoid of any trees to create a forest .The term should not be confused with reforestation, which is the process of specifically planting native trees into a forest that has decreasing numbers of trees.