How to Use reforestation in a Sentence
reforestation
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As of last weekend, 36 of the 45 trees were planted as part of the reforestation of the area.
— Erika Butler, baltimoresun.com, 1 Nov. 2019 -
Or read about this reforestation project for the great green macaws.
— CNN, 14 Apr. 2021 -
The fields have long been here, but most of the trees are new, planted over the past 18 years as part of the largest reforestation effort in the world.
— Michael Holtz, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2017 -
The project is the first of a handful of reforestation work planned by the U.S. Forest Service over the next two years.
— Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2022 -
Carmona said the city will likely pay for the cost out of its tree reforestation fund.
— Hayat Norimine, Dallas News, 19 June 2019 -
The full list of grantees are a mix of big name NGOs, labs, reforestation and climate justice groups.
— Allen Kim, CNN, 16 Nov. 2020 -
Toward the end of our walk, we were given seedlings to plant as part of a reforestation project in the buffer zone.
— Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2021 -
Those goals can be met, at least in part, through reforestation.
— Emily Atkin, The New Republic, 29 Aug. 2019 -
The rules show how much more complex reforestation is than many think.
— Lydia Rivers, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2021 -
The reforestation program will take place over two years and should be fully complete by the Spring of 2022.
— Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021 -
The rest will remain part of the massive reforestation project.
— Jay Jones, chicagotribune.com, 30 Jan. 2018 -
You’ll also be encouraged to plant a tree as part of the lodge’s reforestation project, which spans 64 acres.
— Maridel Reyes, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2017 -
One in-depth look at reforestation projects in South and Southeast Asia details the challenge.
— Byelizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 22 Nov. 2022 -
The hope is that bringing native trees back to parts of this landscape will inspire a much wider reforestation.
— WIRED, 22 July 2023 -
Jörg Berthold, one of the volunteers, moved farther up the hill from the dozen others taking part in the day’s reforestation effort.
— Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2019 -
Birss says that while reforestation could happen and restore the Amazon to its old growth, the process would also take centuries.
— Erin Corbett, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2019 -
Now that Thornhill has succeeded, the town needs a maple tree reforestation plan.
— Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 17 Nov. 2021 -
As a botanist, she’s worked at reforestation sites making the slow uphill climb of restoring the islands’ native plant life.
— Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 12 Aug. 2023 -
With a backlog of 1.2 million acres of land in need of reforestation, the forest service is struggling to keep up with the frequent wildfires.
— Kayna Whitworth, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2022 -
Over the past decade, interest in reforestation has soared.
— Jesse Klein, Wired, 6 Apr. 2021 -
Trees hold a lot of power in our ability to address some of the world’s biggest problems, and reforestation is a key piece of that puzzle.
— Dan Lambe, Treehugger, 25 Apr. 2023 -
Young men joined the CCC and achieved a great range of commendable objectives, from the rescue of the whooping crane to massive projects of reforestation and fish stocking.
— Conrad Black, National Review, 7 Apr. 2021 -
And the government agencies pushing reforestation are among the ones that failed to prevent the forest’s destruction in the first place.
— Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2022 -
Here, Doug learned how to propagate and grow a wide variety of trees and shrubs for reforestation efforts.
— Doug Jimerson, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Dec. 2022 -
For every pair purchased, the brand will plant a pair of trees in the Brazilian rainforest as a way to support reforestation and endangered species.
— Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2022 -
Like with all Cariuma styles, the brand will plant two trees in the Brazilian rainforest through its own on-the-ground reforestation program.
— Alex Warner, PEOPLE.com, 21 June 2022 -
This is the inception point for the United States’ reforestation efforts.
— Jesse Klein, Wired, 6 Apr. 2021 -
Trust for Public Land will seek reimbursement from the city’s reforestation fund for staffing and research costs.
— Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 24 Mar. 2023 -
What’s more, the brand even has its own reforestation program in Brazil: for every sneaker purchase, Cariuma plants a pair of trees in the Brazilian rainforest.
— Kristine Thomason, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2024 -
Eliminating the cap equates to a fivefold increase in annual funding now available for reforestation.
— Jad Daley, TIME, 17 Sep. 2024
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