Sentence examples for new afforestation from inspiring English sources

On the hard heathlands of Great Britain, 120,000 hectares of new afforestation land were broken up after 1940 with sturdy plows designed to turn over firmly compacted soil layers.

From 1958 to 2007, the replacement of open farmland by shrubland and by new afforestation areas in the oak woodland landscape surrounding matrix, led to the highest values for edge contrast length trends of 5.0 and 12.3, respectively.

The afforestation plans were realized as a local project in collaboration with private land owners, under a larger national agenda, and there are new afforestation objectives to double the forest cover in Aarhus Municipality, before the year 2030.

We here demonstrate four applications of our model (described in the "Methods" section) in terms of strategies for harvesting, reforestation (replanting) and afforestation (new planting).

The method presented herein offers a new framework for designing afforestation subsidy programs that account for the environmental service (specially, the carbon sequestration) provided by forests.

Deforestation occurred throughout the 1990s, but the last decade has seen net increases in forested areas of China, the Philippines, and Vietnam because of active afforestation (including new commercial plantations).

Presently demand for timber continues in construction and furniture industries, but, with the government's afforestation program in effect, new coniferous forests are beginning to dot the landscape.

The "Great Green Wall of China" project works to prevent the spread of the Gobi Desert through the reforestation (the replanting of previous forest sites) and afforestation (the planting of new forests in areas which were not previously forested) efforts in Northern China.

Additionally, new areas may be opened up for afforestation.

In particular, from the post war period until the present day, the loss of natural coastal dune habitats has occurred together with the expansion of artificial areas, afforestation and the gain of new land for agricultural activities.

Afforestation is often promoted as a new economic opportunity for private landholders.