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HKDSE Geography/M7/Afforestation
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Afforestation is the large-scale planting and seeding of trees on land that has not been forested for a long period of time. Planting trees helps absorb carbon dioxide by increasing the photosynthetic capacity of our natural environment, and expands the carbon sinks forests provide.