afforestation
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So ramping up afforestation – or tree planting - will not be an easy task.
From BBC • Nov. 3, 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
Now, Israeli authorities see the Negev as an enormous opportunity for large-scale afforestation.
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
Nearly 300,000 yen had been spent in twelve months on afforestation.
From The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by Scott, J.W. Robertson
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