Though the JFM program was conceived to afforest and reforest degraded forest areas, evidence suggests that forests with better quality encourages people to participate more actively in forest protection and its management (Lise 2000).
This write up is to assert to everyone that the first and foremost step to solve the water crisis in our country is to afforest all the catchment areas of all the rivers and their tributaries in our country.
The engineers say they are designing a sustainable farm that uses solar power to desalinate seawater to grow crops in regions that have been arid for centuries, and then use the irrigation runoff to afforest barren lands and fend off desertification.
One more time, we call on the Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning, the Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs, the Ankara Governor's Office and all municipalities to preserve the natural habitat of the lakes of Eymir and Mogan and to afforest them"
For example, in Costa Rica, the Private Forest Project collects a 5 per cent tax on gasoline, revenues from the sale of carbon credits, and donations from hydropower companies and then distributes funds to encourage plantation owners and forest managers to preserve or afforest their land.
Robert Mangold has a long history in the field afforest management, including 23 years with the USDA Forest Service, where he now serves as director of Forest Health Protection.
Countries like Canada with slow forest rotation periods (over 20 years) would still get a debit even if they afforest and deforest equal areas every year.
afforest - establish a forest on previously unforested land; "afforest the mountains"