: a unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters see Metric System Table
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In 2023, Yu led an award-winning project in Bangkok's Benjakitti Forest Park to transform a 52-hectare hazardous site into a sponge system that soaks up 500,000 m³ of stormwater while lowering the air temperature and protecting local species.
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Elisabeth Brier, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Rivian was supposed to be making trucks by now at the 2,000-acre (800-hectare) site near Social Circle, about 45 miles (70 kilometers) east of Atlanta.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
The Chinese government approved a proposal on Wednesday to create a national nature reserve at Scarborough Shoal, which its National Forestry and Grassland Administration said would cover more than 3,500 hectares at Huangyan Island, the Chinese name for it.
—Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
The reserve will cover more than 3,500 hectares at Huangyan Island, the Chinese name for Scarborough Shoal, with its coral reef ecosystem as the main protection target, according to China’s National Forestry and Grassland Administration.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
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Elisabeth Brier, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Rivian was supposed to be making trucks by now at the 2,000-acre (800-hectare) site near Social Circle, about 45 miles (70 kilometers) east of Atlanta.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
The Chinese government approved a proposal on Wednesday to create a national nature reserve at Scarborough Shoal, which its National Forestry and Grassland Administration said would cover more than 3,500 hectares at Huangyan Island, the Chinese name for it.
—Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
The reserve will cover more than 3,500 hectares at Huangyan Island, the Chinese name for Scarborough Shoal, with its coral reef ecosystem as the main protection target, according to China’s National Forestry and Grassland Administration.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Hectare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hectare. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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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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