Sentence examples for afforest from inspiring English sources

Other countries had managed their natural forests better and had little need, until recently, to afforest bare land.

The thorny, leguminous mesquite can grow to be either shrub or tree, and was imported by the colonial British to afforest the desert wastelands of western India.

Much of the area is afforested, but only portions have been commercially exploited.

In contrast, the infertile Haldon Hills are stoney and acidic; they have been afforested with conifers.

Farther west the lower hills of shale and sandstone, heavily coated with glacial drift, form peaty moorlands that have been extensively afforested since World War II.

We don't want a world where markets for carbon mean land is afforested at the expense of biodiversity, water quality and beauty.