forestation

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The side effects of large-scale forestation initiatives could reduce the CO2 removal benefits by up to a third, a pioneering study has found.

From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 2024

Here abundant rain, adequate forestation, and a host of wildlife provided conditions that could support ever- growing populations over long periods of time.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Some say they’ve benefited from a federal forestation program that pays farmers to plant trees.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2022

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 • Mar. 14, 2022

There is, for instance, coal and iron, but iron has to be smelted where there is forestation, and we come right back to climate, as one of the principal factors in civilization.

From Unexplored! by Chaffee, Allen