afforestation
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Domestically, there have been afforestation plans to restore natural flood barriers.
From BBC • Aug. 24, 2025
The researchers said their findings should not suggest afforestation and carbon offsetting are futile.
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
We shall use the word afforestation here to denote the steps to be taken for promoting the growth of timber on a large scale.
From Rebuilding Britain A Survey of Problems of Reconstruction After the World War by Hopkinson, Alfred, Sir
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