Other countries had managed their natural forests better and had little need, until recently, to afforest bare land.
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Separately, Hajj-Hasan announced the ministry would soon initiate a project aiming to afforest 2,000 acres across Lebanon.
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Like their attempts to afforest treeless subalpine meadows, they planted forage species that had never grown in these mountains.
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For example, the project may be proposing to afforest farmland with native tree species, increasing its stocks of carbon.
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In Austria, the situation is similar: since Austria has a large forest cover, there is no environmental need to afforest farmland.
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In the inlands, in between the moors, de fields en the afforest hills are a great many thinks to enjoy yourselves.
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In addition to this and individual efforts, there are startup companies, such as Afforest, that are being created over the country working on reforestation.
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The thorny, leguminous mesquite can grow to be either shrub or tree, and was imported by the colonial British to afforest the desert wastelands of western India.
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The reforestation programmes applied in Cape Verde from 1974 to 2004 managed to afforest some 90,000 hectares, of which approximately 5,000 were afforested from 2002 to 2004 alone.
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Aiming to get rid of these indirect causes of poverty, we started the afforest activities in Molota in 1999 and Samurea in 2000, in order to support the residents-driven reforestation activities.
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In 1996, four retirees wanted to afforest the Great Wall, and they contracted 1,200 acres of wasteland at their own expense and planted more than 140,000 trees. However, as the elderly people are too old in nowadays, they could not transport water as before. In addition, in 2007, fraudsters deceived the elders’ ¥300,000 in the name of management. Hence, elders had no economic resources to manage their trees.
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The untreated waste water of the Kulu district was dumped in the past into Kulu Creek, which feeds the lake. The plan of Kulu municipality to build roads to and around the lake, and to afforest the lake's surrounding would be a threat for the breeding birds. Another important issue is the poaching. In 2010, the district administration undertook measures to save the lake by building a waste water treatment facility and preventing unlawful water usage from the creek.
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The community has witnessed regular deforestation and cutting down of trees for the purpose of buildings, infrastructural development, and burial grounds without plans to afforest or plant trees. The government and non- governmental organizations are not doing enough to sensitize and also enlighten community members on sustainable environmental management. Another unsustainable act is illegal construction of buildings and structures, which are not in line with the government-approved development plan. The cultural identities of Kubwa community have been affected by members who most of the times dress in foreign attires, the majority of the community members speak in the English language or pidgin English language.
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Larix decidua is cultivated as an ornamental tree for planting in gardens and parks. ;Wood The wood is tough and durable, but also flexible in thin strips, and is particularly valued for yacht building; wood used for this must be free of knots, and can only be obtained from old trees that were pruned when young to remove side branches. Small larch poles are widely used for rustic fencing. ;Other Because of its fast juvenile growth and its pioneer character, larch has found numerous applications in forestry and agroforestry. It is used as a ‘preparatory species’ to afforest open land, abandoned farmland or disturbed land and as a ‘nurse species’ prior to the introduction of more demanding species.
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