0 present participle of reforest
1 to plant trees on an area of land that has become empty or spoiled
Reforesting sometimes results in extensive canopy creation that prevents growth of diverse vegetation in the shadowed areas and generating soil conditions that hamper other types of vegetation.
At that time, almost exclusively pine was used for the reforesting.
This pine is useful for reforesting and provides nourishment for wildlife.
He felt that remineralizing the worlds soils and reforesting the land could generate a climax geosystem (as opposed to a pioneer one), through mass reforestation.
Loggers were forced to make already cut lands productive again, and the reforesting of timberlands became integral to the industry.
The state began the massive project of reforesting the land.
Trees used in some reforesting efforts (e.g., eucalyptus globulus) tend to extract large amounts of moisture from the soil, preventing the growth of other plants.
Some reforesting that was carried out after the 2003 and 2004 fires has been lost for good due to the lack of humidity in the soil.
