afforestation

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

From BBC • Aug. 24, 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

Since at least the early 20th century, the rhetoric behind the afforestation push in Israel/Palestine has implied that no existing human settlements or agriculture his been displaced or disrupted.

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

By making use of suitable composts, it will be possible to carry out the successful afforestation of land formerly regarded as wholly unproductive.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 by Northern Nut Growers Association