The phrase "afforestation of" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe the process of planting trees and creating a forest in an area that was previously without trees. Example: The afforestation of the barren land has helped to improve the air quality and provide a habitat for wildlife.
In timber-deficient countries the afforestation of hillslopes, chiefly with quickly growing conifers, has restored some of the former forests.
Spontaneous afforestation of agricultural land is only the final and the most extreme phase of the restructuring process in agriculture.
There are now strict rules governing the landscaping and afforestation of mine overburden piles, which must be split into tiers and divided by broad, flat "benches", with no slope steeper than 37 degrees.
Afforestation of grassland has been globally identified as being an important means for creating a sink for atmospheric carbon (C).
Complete (100%) and partial (50%) afforestation of the area occupied at present by crops leads to a reduced warming of around 0.45 and 0.25 °C respectively, during the period 2081 2100.
They included the regulation of water drainage and the construction of reservoirs on the rivers, the regulation of river channels, afforestation of sandy uplands, and the clearing of undesirable vegetative cover.
Afforestation of agricultural land provides an important opportunity to mitigate climate change by storing carbon (C) in both plant biomass and the soil.
Results indicated the detrimental influence of the rapid afforestation of previous agricultural land, which did not afford time for the development of better adapted soil animal communities.
The afforestation of these riparian zones has the potential to increase carbon (C) storage in agricultural landscapes by creating a new biomass sink for atmospheric CO2.
Three types of forest succession are shown: progression of the forest edge, formation and coalescence of clumps in savanna and global afforestation of savanna.
This study also showed that the O horizon can play an important role in carbon sequestration after afforestation of agricultural sites.
