afforestation

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

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

At that rate, afforestation offsets would cost the 200 largest fossil fuel companies around $10.8 trillion — or roughly 11% of global GDP, according to the study.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025

They currently only remove 0.002 gigatonnes of CO2 per year from the atmosphere, compared to 3 gigatonnes through conventional options such as afforestation, and they are unlikely to significantly increase by 2030.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2024

And carbon removal schemes like those based on afforestation — planting trees that will store carbon as they grow — might last only a few years if a disease or forest fire comes along.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2023

We look forward to the part that this new clothing will play in the general scheme of afforestation.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 19, 1919 by Various