afforestation

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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

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

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

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 Hopkinson, Alfred, Sir