afforestation
Example Sentences
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Domestically, there have been afforestation plans to restore natural flood barriers.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025
That said, even the more affordable afforestation approach would cause nearly all fossil fuel companies to lose value, according to the researchers — they referred to this as “negative net environmental valuation.”
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 Forest Laws were oppressive, and for the purpose of afforestation many wrongs were committed.
From Rebuilding Britain A Survey of Problems of Reconstruction After the World War by Sir Alfred Hopkinson
