afforestation
Example Sentences
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So ramping up afforestation – or tree planting - will not be an easy task.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 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
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
The old, effete administration was cleared away, sound currency maintained, railways were greatly extended, roads improved, afforestation pushed forward on a great scale, agriculture developed, sanitation improved and fresh industries begun.
From Korea's Fight for Freedom by F. A. (Frederick Arthur) Mckenzie
