How to Use reforestation in a Sentence

reforestation

noun
  • Or read about this reforestation project for the great green macaws.
    — CNN, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Those goals can be met, at least in part, through reforestation.
    — Emily Atkin, The New Republic, 29 Aug. 2019
  • The rules show how much more complex reforestation is than many think.
    — Lydia Rivers, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2021
  • Carmona said the city will likely pay for the cost out of its tree reforestation fund.
    — Hayat Norimine, Dallas News, 19 June 2019
  • As for restoration and reforestation, just leave it alone and nature will take over.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The rest will remain part of the massive reforestation project.
    — Jay Jones, chicagotribune.com, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Toward the end of our walk, we were given seedlings to plant as part of a reforestation project in the buffer zone.
    — Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Those biofuel crops may compete for land with food crops or reforestation plans.
    — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The hope is that bringing native trees back to parts of this landscape will inspire a much wider reforestation.
    — WIRED, 22 July 2023
  • Now that Thornhill has succeeded, the town needs a maple tree reforestation plan.
    — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 17 Nov. 2021
  • One cool takeaway for me here was the reforestation fact featured in 29-Down.
    — Sam Corbin, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025
  • As of last weekend, 36 of the 45 trees were planted as part of the reforestation of the area.
    — Erika Butler, baltimoresun.com, 1 Nov. 2019
  • When reforestation is complete, guests could conceivably glimpse these great apes from their balconies.
    — Noo Saro-Wiwa, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2023
  • You’ll also be encouraged to plant a tree as part of the lodge’s reforestation project, which spans 64 acres.
    — Maridel Reyes, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2017
  • Once the seedlings become young saplings, they are sold for wildlife habitat restoration, reforestation, wind breaks and other projects.
    — Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 11 Nov. 2025
  • One woman who works for a reforestation company is sunburned in summer, while in winter her skin is cracked by cold and wind.
    — Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2020
  • The fields have long been here, but most of the trees are new, planted over the past 18 years as part of the largest reforestation effort in the world.
    — Michael Holtz, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2017
  • If the land is suitable for reforestation, on the other hand, doing so would likely beat biofuels.
    — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 27 Aug. 2020
  • The full list of grantees are a mix of big name NGOs, labs, reforestation and climate justice groups.
    — Allen Kim, CNN, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Here, Doug learned how to propagate and grow a wide variety of trees and shrubs for reforestation efforts.
    — Doug Jimerson, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Birss says that while reforestation could happen and restore the Amazon to its old growth, the process would also take centuries.
    — Erin Corbett, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2019
  • Trees hold a lot of power in our ability to address some of the world’s biggest problems, and reforestation is a key piece of that puzzle.
    — Dan Lambe, Treehugger, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The area is also known for bouldering and the presence of wild ponies, which were first introduced to prevent reforestation.
    — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024
  • One in-depth look at reforestation projects in South and Southeast Asia details the challenge.
    — Byelizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The reforestation program will take place over two years and should be fully complete by the Spring of 2022.
    — Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Jörg Berthold, one of the volunteers, moved farther up the hill from the dozen others taking part in the day’s reforestation effort.
    — Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Those involved in the project say the lessons learned here could help others across the island with everything from food security to reforestation.
    — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2024
  • And the government agencies pushing reforestation are among the ones that failed to prevent the forest’s destruction in the first place.
    — Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Trust for Public Land will seek reimbursement from the city’s reforestation fund for staffing and research costs.
    — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 24 Mar. 2023
  • This is the inception point for the United States’ reforestation efforts.
    — Jesse Klein, Wired, 6 Apr. 2021

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