afforestation
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Domestically, there have been afforestation plans to restore natural flood barriers.
From BBC • Aug. 24, 2025
At that rate, afforestation offsets would cost the 200 largest fossil fuel companies around $10.8 trillion — or roughly 11% of global GDP, according to the study.
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
The researchers provide a tool practitioners and land managers can use to determine just how much of a problem albedo is for any reforestation or afforestation project on the globe.
From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2024
The work of afforestation would provide a healthy and suitable employment for discharged soldiers who preferred a country life to resuming their occupations in towns.
From Rebuilding Britain A Survey of Problems of Reconstruction After the World War by Hopkinson, Alfred, Sir
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