1) Introduction; 2) Afforestation in Britain; 3) Afforestation in the Republic in the Ireland; 4) Afforestation in Denmark; 5) Hungary; 6) Afforestation policy and Practice in Spain; 7) Afforestation in Algeria; 8) Afforestation in China; 9) Forest plantation in Chile: a successful model?; 10) New Zealand: afforestation policy in ears of state regulation and deregulation; 11) Reforestation in Australia; 12) Modern development of afforestation in Japan: Process and results; 13) Afforestation: the United States; 14) Review