afforestation
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afforestations
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Domestically, there have been afforestation plans to restore natural flood barriers.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025
But researchers in England and France found that the tree-planting process, known as afforestation, faces insurmountable land use and financial challenges.
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 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 Sir Alfred Hopkinson
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