What's the difference between afforestation and reforestation?
Afforestation
Definition:
(n.) The act of converting into forest or woodland.
Example Sentences:
(1) In summarising the measures China is taking to address climate change, Hu is likely to note domestic afforestation efforts, investment in renewable energy and funds provided to developing nations to adapt to changing weather patterns.
(2) Government plans to tackle these problems include increasingly ambitious pollution controls, afforestation targets and hydroengineering projects, But the focus of its efforts is the attempted switch from coal to renewable energy.
(3) But charities and ecologists warned tonight that it could set back countryside protection and the restoration of ancient woodlands by many years if industry is allowed to cherry-pick the most profitable land and cut off funds now used for conservation and afforestation.
(4) On the base of the results obtained, measures are proposed for the reduction of the severity of labour and for improvement of the organization of the work during the afforestation activities in national forestry.
(5) Control of transmission, which is likely to rise as a result of a re-afforestation programme in the area is discussed.
(6) The severity of labour in manual soil-preparation and planting has been studied and the physical capacity for work of the female workers--determined, who performed those basic afforestation activities in the national forestry.
(7) We call for enhanced efforts to achieve the sustainable management of forests, reforestation, restoration and afforestation, and we support all efforts that effectively slow, halt and reverse deforestation and forest degradation, including inter alia promoting trade in legally-harvested forest products.
(8) Mike Hulme, professor climate and culture at King's College London said: "This WG3 report draws attention to a range of methods for removing CO2 from the atmosphere, including afforestation, carbon capture and storage (CCS) and other means for removing CO2 from the atmosphere (CDR).
(9) Energy losses during work surpassed, to a considerable degree, 30 per cent of the maximum aerobic capacity of the female afforestation workers.
(10) If we do not address this problem first, then the result is obvious: we will spill over on to less productive and less sustainable land which will prevent or even reverse other mitigation options of afforestation, bioenergy, and soil improvement."
(11) Perhaps the most important route is via reducing deforestation – which is occurring widely for production of palm oil and soy – and increasing afforestation.
(12) One possibility being considered by Chinese officials is to set a carbon intensity goal up to 2040 that would include energy efficiency, renewable energy, transport and afforestation.
(13) The greatest species variety of fleas was noted in afforested low-lying parts with rich species composition of hosts.
Reforestation
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Kingfisher, the UK home improvement retailer, announced a set of ambitious net positive targets in 2012 including its goal of “global net reforestation”.
(2) Recent years have seen Castelo, who rears around 10,000 cattle on his 13,400-hectare (33,098 acres) ranch, invest nearly $200,000 (£125,626) in reforesting 176 hectares of land (434.72 acres) as part of an unlikely partnership between an environmental NGO, Instituto Socio-Ambiental (ISA), and local ranchers.
(3) Takle noted that data could be skewed by changes in instruments for measuring wind, or reforestation, which could also slow wind speeds.
(4) According to the report, "in response to severe flooding in 1998, China adopted a Natural Forest Conservation Programme […] and embarked on a massive programme of reforestation […] The government spent $31bn on tree planting between 1999 and 2009."
(5) In communities like El Ojochal where people have traditionally seen the forest as unproductive, this should also show the more tangible benefits of reforestation.
(6) 'If your aim is to pick holes in a project you'll always find a few people who are disgruntled, but my belief is Kibale is one of the best reforestation projects there is,' Morton says.
(7) This paper concerns the microbiological part of an investigation, the goal of which is to describe the biological changes in coniferous forest soil upon clear-cutting in a northern (66 degrees 20'N) moraine area where reforestation after clear-cutting had been met with difficulty.
(8) "Our protective style of development will divert water to the area, achieve reforestation and make things better than before."
(9) Nearly all the reforestation has been with plantations of single species, such as eucalyptus or palm oil which are far less attractive to wildlife.
(10) UPS then uses the funds to support offset projects – such as reforestation or renewable energy – around the world.
(11) In addition, countries which have already cut down their forests stand to benefit from money for reforestation.
(12) A level of no more than 350ppm is still feasible, with the help of reforestation and improved agricultural practices, but just barely – time is running out.
(13) Together with Frederic Courbet, a Belgian photographer based in Nairobi, I will be travelling with the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) and representatives of Climate Care, an Oxford-based company that part-funds a carbon-offsetting scheme that is helping to reforest Kibale National Park.
(14) For North American paper company Domtar, which has been employing sustainable forest management practices for 10 years, not to mention thousands of other FSC certified companies, deforestation-free means harvesting trees in a way that protects water, soil, indigenous rights and wildlife, as well as ensuring reforestation and good community and labour relations.
(15) For a fraction of the money being spent on the Thames, the government could have reforested or protected all the high land that drains into its basin.
(16) We call for enhanced efforts to achieve the sustainable management of forests, reforestation, restoration and afforestation, and we support all efforts that effectively slow, halt and reverse deforestation and forest degradation, including inter alia promoting trade in legally-harvested forest products.
(17) Reflecting the sun's rays into space would alter rainfall patterns and reforesting the deserts could change wind patterns and could even reduce tree growth in other regions.
(18) By reforesting watersheds in the name of carbon sequestration, for example, we have often reduced water supply.” Balancing those tradeoffs is not the job of companies, nor should it be, Kinzig is quick to point out.
(19) Persistence in soil of the two herbicides glyphosate and 2,4-D was investigated after application for brush control in conifer reforestation areas.
(20) FMNR is far more successful than tree planting; west Africa has had legions of failed reforestation schemes.