reafforesting
Restoring tree coverage
Reafforesting is the ongoing action of replanting trees in an area that was once forested but has been cleared or degraded: The government is reafforesting hillsides stripped by logging.
The term emphasizes the process of restoration rather than the completed result.
Range of life forms
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
- floraPlants of a region
fauna · canopy · woodland · understory · native species · watershed · carbon sequestration · old-growth
Restoring lost plant cover
- reclamationRecovery of something lost
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- rewildingRestoring natural ecosystems
land management · brownfield · buffer zones · landscape restoration
Newly germinated plants
- saplingsJuvenile trees
- nurseryRoom for infants
- silvicultureForest cultivation practice
- conifersCone-producing trees
deciduous · evergreen · spacing · mulching · irrigation · thinning · pruning · direct seeding
Tradeable pollution permits
- emissions reductionLowering pollutant output
- climate mitigationReducing global warming's drivers
- net-zeroBalanced emissions state
- carbon footprintTotal greenhouse gases produced
climate resilience · greenhouse gases · carbon sink · climate policy · carbon offset · climate adaptation · Paris Agreement · carbon storage
biodiversity
Range of life forms
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
flora · fauna · canopy · woodland · understory · native species · watershed · carbon sequestration · old-growth · riparian
revegetation
Restoring lost plant cover
- reclamationRecovery of something lost
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
rewilding · land management · brownfield · buffer zones · landscape restoration
seedlings
Newly germinated plants
- saplingsJuvenile trees
- nurseryRoom for infants
- silvicultureForest cultivation practice
conifers · deciduous · evergreen · spacing · mulching · irrigation · thinning · pruning · direct seeding · bare-root
carbon credits
Tradeable pollution permits
- emissions reductionLowering pollutant output
- climate mitigationReducing global warming's drivers
- net-zeroBalanced emissions state
carbon footprint · climate resilience · greenhouse gases · carbon sink · climate policy · carbon offset · climate adaptation · Paris Agreement · carbon storage
reafforestingdeforesting
Removing trees from land
logging · clearcutting · clear-cutting · forest clearing · felling
reafforestingdeforestation
Large-scale woodland elimination
land clearing · forest clearing · desertification · habitat destruction · urbanizing
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