: a unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters see Metric System Table
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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.
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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
There are now 70 pits per hectare (2.47 acres) throughout Adrianna, which has been further divided into almost 300 lots, which are picked, vinified, and aged separately.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2024
Chile, France and the United States are among the other large wine producers also grappling with oversupply, with even prime areas such as Bordeaux uprooting thousands of hectares of vines.
—Reuters, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
The green gold of Emilia Romagna Hotelier Gherardi is passionate about olive trees, with 150 hectares of new olive groves growing on the grounds of his farm-to-table resort and restaurants in the hills of Emilia Romagna.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
The region nestles between the French southern Alps and the Mediterranean Sea, covering about 100 hectares (247 acres) and stretching beyond Menton's municipal boundaries into Roquebrune, Sainte-Agnès and Castellar.
—Barbara Surk and Daniel Cole, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
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
There are now 70 pits per hectare (2.47 acres) throughout Adrianna, which has been further divided into almost 300 lots, which are picked, vinified, and aged separately.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2024
Chile, France and the United States are among the other large wine producers also grappling with oversupply, with even prime areas such as Bordeaux uprooting thousands of hectares of vines.
—Reuters, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
The green gold of Emilia Romagna Hotelier Gherardi is passionate about olive trees, with 150 hectares of new olive groves growing on the grounds of his farm-to-table resort and restaurants in the hills of Emilia Romagna.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
The region nestles between the French southern Alps and the Mediterranean Sea, covering about 100 hectares (247 acres) and stretching beyond Menton's municipal boundaries into Roquebrune, Sainte-Agnès and Castellar.
—Barbara Surk and Daniel Cole, Quartz, 2 Apr. 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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