afforestation
noun
af·for·es·ta·tion
(ˌ)a-ˌfȯr-ə-ˈstā-shən 
ə-,
-ˌfär-
: the act or process of establishing a forest especially on land not previously forested
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Push to clean the rivers Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made cleaning the Ganges, India’s holiest river, a priority since first taking office in 2014 – with billions of dollars spent or pledged on sewage treatment, cleaning surface waste and afforestation in the decade since.
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Helen Regan, CNN, 25 Feb. 2025
The farm lobby has long been a vocal critic of the aggressive afforestation policy, calling it a threat to the beef, dairy, wool and sheepmeat that make up about 46% of the nation’s annual exports.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 28 May 2024
To this end, there are global efforts to map potential areas for afforestation initiatives, but these efforts often identify grassland ecosystems as good candidates for afforestation, threatening more than one million square kilometers of grasslands in Africa, for example.
—Sutirtha Lahiri, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2023
Ancolie Stoll tends to one such space called Nilatangam, a 7.5-hectare afforestation project started by her European parents when Auroville was first set up.
—Mahima Jain, WIRED, 18 Mar. 2023
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Helen Regan, CNN, 25 Feb. 2025
The farm lobby has long been a vocal critic of the aggressive afforestation policy, calling it a threat to the beef, dairy, wool and sheepmeat that make up about 46% of the nation’s annual exports.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 28 May 2024
To this end, there are global efforts to map potential areas for afforestation initiatives, but these efforts often identify grassland ecosystems as good candidates for afforestation, threatening more than one million square kilometers of grasslands in Africa, for example.
—Sutirtha Lahiri, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2023
Ancolie Stoll tends to one such space called Nilatangam, a 7.5-hectare afforestation project started by her European parents when Auroville was first set up.
—Mahima Jain, WIRED, 18 Mar. 2023
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“Afforestation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/afforestation. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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