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
Most estimates suggest that afforestation is the “cheapest” means of offsetting carbon emissions — the international Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development estimates it will cost more than $14 per ton of carbon offset.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025
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
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
As to afforestation, 100,000 yen a year, exclusive of salaries, was spent in the prefecture.
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 J.W. Robertson Scott
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