On the one hand, the agricultural population density has a negative impact on afforestation effort.
This is mainly the result of constant afforestation efforts that have more than compensated deforestation during the period.
On the one hand, if demographic pressure is particularly strong, preference might be given to agricultural activities rather than afforestation.
The fifth forest category (forests for special use) is not included in the figure since its share is always less than 1 % of total afforestation.
As we will discuss later, this increase in forest resources is undoubtedly the result of active policies, including afforestation efforts.
The evidence supports the importance of economic motivations in the afforestation decision.
It is only in case of afforestation that there is a gain in forestland, due to which there is an increase in the opening area.
There are other new, continuing experiments, but they are limited to wasteland afforestation.
