The tree's adaptability to a variety of sites in Puerto Rico has made it popular among soil scientists and foresters for rehabilitation of degraded lands ."
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The Declaration pledges to halve the rate of deforestation by 2020, to end it by 2030, and to restore hundreds of millions of acres of degraded land.
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Ultimately it is hoped that degraded land in these communities will be reforested and climate change lessened through the project, while at the same time village economies are enhanced.
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Formerly degraded land that was converted from cattle ranges to wildlife management areas, Zimbabwe s Lowveld region is now home to nearly 90 % of the country s rhino population.
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Amakhala's previous history of goat farming on degraded land, has transformed the area to open grasslands with patches of thicket and " Pteronia incana " invasion.
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By planting the moringa trees on a large scale, the project aims to use low cost resources to generate incomes and create jobs, and in the process rehabilitate degraded land.
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This happens in three ways : the first one, by restoration of degraded lands; the second is by reclamation of grasslands and the last one by clearing of woody vegetation.
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In addition, the Government of Ethiopia has committed to reforest 15 million hectares of degraded land using FMNR as part of a climate change and renewable energy plan to become carbon neutral by 2025.
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Higher historical levels of agricultural activity such as cultivation, grazing and degraded land being invaded by weeds tend to lead to less natural regeneration of eucalypt species and other desired vegetation from the threatened communities.
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Trees for the Future's Haiti Coordinator, Timote Georges, was featured on Discovery Channel about the organization's work in Haiti working on agroforestry projects to restore degraded land throughout the country.
