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afforestation

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


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

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2025

Most estimates suggest that afforestation is the “cheapest” means of offsetting carbon emissions — the international Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development estimates it will cost more than $14 per ton of carbon offset.

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

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

It would of course be possible, for a time, to prevent famines by more scientific methods of agriculture, and to prevent droughts and floods by afforestation.

From The Problem of China by Bertrand Russell


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