afforestation

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Domestically, there have been afforestation plans to restore natural flood barriers.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2025

But researchers in England and France found that the tree-planting process, known as afforestation, faces insurmountable land use and financial challenges.

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

Yet it is often difficult to interest even the most reforming Chinese in afforestation, because it is not an easy subject for ethical enthusiasm.

From The Problem of China by Russell, Bertrand