DESERTIFICATIONS Antonyms

• the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting)

• socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners

• (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)

• a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality

• the process of fostering the growth of something

• the act of raising or growing plants (especially on a large scale)

• the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year

• the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring

• the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth

• the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation

• the state of not being ripe

• green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

• the property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses

• the activity of protecting something from loss or danger

• the condition of being (well or ill) preserved

• a process that saves organic substances from decay

• an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change

• the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation

• rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course

• the recovery of useful substances from waste products

• the restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting

• the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state

• the reign of Charles II in England; 1660-1685

• getting something back again

• the re-establishment of the British monarchy in 1660

• the state of being restored to its former good condition

• some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed

• a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc.

• the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation