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''Environmental concerns - emissions - deforestation - degradation - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).''  
''Environmental concerns - emissions - deforestation - degradation - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).''  


In the context of deforestation, reforestation is the human-induced conversion of non-forested land to forested land.
In the context of deforestation, ''reforestation'' is the human-induced conversion of non-forested land to forested land.


Afforestation is the reforestation of land that has not been forested for at least 50 years.
''Afforestation'' is the reforestation of land that has not been forested for at least 50 years.




== External link ==
== External link ==
* [[Carbon sink]]
* [[Carbon sink]]
* [[Ecosystem services]]
* [[Deforestation]]
* [[Deforestation]]
* [[Degradation]]
* [[Degradation]]
* [[Desertification]]
* [[Desertification]]
* [[Ecosystem services]]
* [[Emissions]]
* [[Emissions]]
* [[Environmental concerns]]
* [[Environmental concerns]]

Revision as of 17:59, 6 January 2022

Environmental concerns - emissions - deforestation - degradation - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

In the context of deforestation, reforestation is the human-induced conversion of non-forested land to forested land.

Afforestation is the reforestation of land that has not been forested for at least 50 years.


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See also