afforestation

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Similarly afforestation is an important component of India's rural employment guarantee programme.

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  1. The act of turning ground into forest or woodland, or subjecting it to forest law; the territory afforested. Richard I. and Henry II. … had made new afforestations, and much extended the rigour of the forest laws. Sir M. Hale, Hist. Com. Law of Eng.

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  • Bamboo rapidly becoming economically beneficial crop with large potential for energy, bioremediation, and afforestation - —  biopact
  • Of course, nature and the saline water and the all pervasive nature of the forests have all played their part - looking at the density of the forests in the Andamans, one would never think that afforestation is even an issue. —  Mutiny.in
  • (12 / 10 / 2008) A coalition of 26 African countries is calling for the inclusion of carbon credits generated through afforestation, reforestation, agroforestry, reduced soil tillage, and sustainable agricultural practices in future climate agreements. —  Mongabay.com News
  • Similarly afforestation is an important component of India's rural employment guarantee programme. —  YubaNet.com
  • Alhaji Collins Dauda told Joy fm that he would work hard towards the re-afforestation of the country's fast depleting forests. —  AllAfrica News: Latest
 

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  1. from Middle Latin afforestatio(n-), from afforestare: see afforest.
 

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