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afforestation

[a-fawr-ist-ay-shuhn] / æˌfɔr ɪstˈeɪ ʃən /


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So ramping up afforestation – or tree planting - will not be an easy task.

From BBC Nov. 3, 2025

In addition, by focusing on afforestation, it does not account for other approaches that are central to tackling climate change, such as preventing deforestation and restoring existing forests.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2025

Now, Israeli authorities see the Negev as an enormous opportunity for large-scale afforestation.

From Salon Nov. 20, 2024

The researchers provide a tool practitioners and land managers can use to determine just how much of a problem albedo is for any reforestation or afforestation project on the globe.

From Science Daily Mar. 26, 2024

In all of these countries afforestation takes place quickly and the cuttings on private holdings are made once in ten, twenty or twenty-five years.

From Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan by King, F. H. (Franklin Hiram)




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