In 1984 an area of 9557 ha was designated as part of the State Forest and steps are being taken to reafforest the already deforested area.
My father propagated native plants in 1946 and 47, puffing seeds in the oven and pouring boiling water over them, then he'd surreptitiously go back and plant these plants as a means of reafforesting the hillside.
Asked if the commission was going to reafforest Windsor Park, given the denudation caused by the quarrying on lands listed as a watershed area, he replied: ‘Let me not answer that.’
There are just not enough of them and were we to reafforest the countryside for that purpose one might ask what we would eat.
Derivatives
reafforestation
nounriːəfɒrɪˈsteɪʃ(ə)n
British
Better use of existing mashambas, and reafforestation of old ones, means a total end to slash-and-burn.
Example sentencesExamples
The matter of attendant erosion from benching, slashings and burning would need to be patiently addressed over time, as replantings and reafforestation take years of effort and maintenance.
Beijing banned the logging which had stripped the upper reaches of China's major rivers bare and embarked on a huge reafforestation campaign.
Of the reafforestation which was supposed to follow logging there was no sign.
The fund is to be used as loans and grants to community-based organisations for reafforestation and other environmentally friendly undertakings.