: a unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters see Metric System Table
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The company has consolidated the largest land package in the region, with total land holdings currently exceeding 62,000 hectares.
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Miami Herald, 8 May 2024
The activists moved into the forest in February, in an attempt to physically block Tesla from clearing another 100 hectares of forest for its expansion.
—Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 7 May 2024
The Company has consolidated the largest land package in the region, with total land holdings currently exceeding 62,000 hectares.
—Kansas City Star, 7 May 2024
The land area affected by small-scale mining more than doubled between 2012 and 2022 to 264,000 hectares (652,000 acres) in Brazil, overwhelmingly near Amazon rivers, surpassing industrial mining, according to MapBiomas data released this month.
—Andre Cabette Fabio, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Apr. 2024
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change suggested that 950 million hectares of new forests could help limit the increase in global average temperature to 1.5-degrees Celsius.
—TIME, 22 Apr. 2024
Thousands of hectares of its rainforests have been cleared to produce palm oil or dig for minerals.
—Sui-Lee Wee Ulet Ifansasti, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Without it, about 248,000 hectares (613,000 acres) of forest would be lost every year by 2030, the bloc estimated.
—Mumbi Gitau, Fortune Europe, 27 Feb. 2024
Without government funding, farmers covered 300 hectares (741 acres) with embankments within two years.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2024
Miami Herald, 8 May 2024
The activists moved into the forest in February, in an attempt to physically block Tesla from clearing another 100 hectares of forest for its expansion.
—Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 7 May 2024
The Company has consolidated the largest land package in the region, with total land holdings currently exceeding 62,000 hectares.
—Kansas City Star, 7 May 2024
The land area affected by small-scale mining more than doubled between 2012 and 2022 to 264,000 hectares (652,000 acres) in Brazil, overwhelmingly near Amazon rivers, surpassing industrial mining, according to MapBiomas data released this month.
—Andre Cabette Fabio, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Apr. 2024
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change suggested that 950 million hectares of new forests could help limit the increase in global average temperature to 1.5-degrees Celsius.
—TIME, 22 Apr. 2024
Thousands of hectares of its rainforests have been cleared to produce palm oil or dig for minerals.
—Sui-Lee Wee Ulet Ifansasti, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Without it, about 248,000 hectares (613,000 acres) of forest would be lost every year by 2030, the bloc estimated.
—Mumbi Gitau, Fortune Europe, 27 Feb. 2024
Without government funding, farmers covered 300 hectares (741 acres) with embankments within two years.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2024
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“Hectare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hectare. Accessed 14 May. 2024.
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hectare
noun
hect·are
ˈhek-ˌta(ə)r 
-ˌte(ə)r
-ˌte(ə)r
-ˌtär
: a unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters see metric system
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