forestation
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The summit also resulted in a framework for global carbon markets and how to funnel finance to carbon-reducing projects, for example in forestation.
From Reuters
That compares with 24% in neighbouring India and 14.5% in Bangladesh, and the previous government announced a mass forestation programme that envisaged planting 10 billion trees between 2019 and 2023.
From Reuters
Some say they’ve benefited from a federal forestation program that pays farmers to plant trees.
From Los Angeles Times
Others pointed out that calling forestation the "most effective climate change solution to date" overlooked a more obvious, trusty solution: reducing fossil fuel emissions.
From Salon
But scientists warn that the plan may be an example of one of the worst kinds of forestation efforts: planting trees where they would not naturally occur.
From New York Times
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