Afforestation
What Afforestation means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: AQA
Planting trees, which acts as a carbon sink as trees absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis.
The planting of trees in an area that was not previously forested.
Topics that use Afforestation
- Climate change (AQA GCSE)
- Distinctive glaciated upland landscapes are the outcome of the interaction between physical and human processes (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- The UK's landscape challenges (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Channel straightening
- Climate change adaptation
- Climate change mitigation
- Conservation
- Deforestation
- Enhanced greenhouse effect
- Freeze-thaw weathering
- Ice cores
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