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afforestation

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


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

From BBC Aug. 24, 2025

The researchers set out to calculate how much land area of afforestation would be needed to compensate for these emissions by 2050.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2025

Although some tree plantations involve reforestation of degraded land, in many cases they involve afforestation -- planting forests in undegraded and previously unforested regions such as grasslands.

From Science Daily Oct. 3, 2023

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

Some prefectures, in the sincerity of their devotion to afforestation, forbid the New Year destruction of pine trees.

From The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by J.W. Robertson Scott




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