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The intention was to compensate for this, which is why Regulation 2080 gives farmers the opportunity to afforest land that has been taken out of production.

Matthew had been making a detailed fire-protection plan for the acres which Fairfax had wanted to replant or afforest.

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 CAP reforms also affect non-farmers and it has been proposed that an annual premium of 150 ECU per hectare would be payable for a period of 20 years to private individuals rather than farmers who afforest agricultural land.

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and the Nature Conservancy Council (NCC) assailed plans to afforest the unique peatlands of Caithness and Sutherland Flow Country, where the Commission was grant-aiding the private sector.

The Forestry Commission has declared its intention to expand forestry, particularly of the broadleaved variety, at "down the hill" locations - a move away from recent tendencies to afforest uplands with conifer plantations, which have come in for extensive criticism [see section on Pollution: Air in this issue].