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Encyclopedia > Forestation
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Forestation, in the English Dictionary, is said to be the act of planting a forest [1]. Forestation is usually done by man, however, in some cases, this happens naturally, usually through a catastophic event, such as a Volcano exploding (Example: 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens). When this process occurs, surviving seeds fly into the atmosphere at a unprecedented rate, to be dropped somewhere. This is how most natural Forestation occurs. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... For other uses, see Dictionary (disambiguation). ... This article is about a community of trees. ... Cleveland Volcano in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska photographed from the International Space Station For other uses, see Volcano (disambiguation). ... The 1980 eruption of Mount St. ... For other uses, see Atmosphere (disambiguation). ...


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Deforestation This article is about the process of deforestation in the environment. ...


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