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Meanings of afforestation in English

Establishment of a new forest by seeding or planting of nonforested land.

Usage of afforestation in English
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This year's afforestation programme will contain roughly 40 per cent broadleaves.
The Irish Times
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So the State is undisputedly doing its part to aid afforestation.
The Irish Times
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He said its claims about the economics of afforestation were wrong.
Radio NZ
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Both Mestizo and indigenous Saraguro settlers are more inclined to opt for afforestation.
Pubmed
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It also maintains that coniferous afforestation has damaged scenic areas and the natural environment.
The Irish Times
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Then the serious risk to rivers and lakes from afforestation.
The Irish Times
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In the past there was some short-sighted justification for afforestation.
The Irish Times
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The payments reflect the 30 per cent average increases under are the CAP afforestation programme.
The Irish Times
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The need for afforestation has never been more obvious.
The Irish Times
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The project began last year as the fourth phase of an afforestation program launched in 1978.
Wired
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Economic indicators favour either afforestation or intense pasturing.
Pubmed
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Age to the Norman period, as well as later Irish social history, including modern agriculture and commercial afforestation.
The Irish Times
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We look forward to the part that this new clothing will play in the general scheme of afforestation.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 19, 1919
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To our dismay, however, we were confronted with gigantic afforestation programmes like the ones we saw in Connemara.
The Irish Times
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To prevent recurring floods, the plan envisages afforestation and slope stabilization, to retain rainwater in the upper reaches.
Reuters
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However, the rate of change of CH(4) oxidation in soil with afforestation or reforestation is poorly understood.
Pubmed
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