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Some more information on the actual amount of tree planting in china.

>China has been conducting what the United Nations has said is the world’s largest tree planting crusade, which increased its forest coverage from 8.6 per cent in 1949 to 21.7 per cent last year.

>By March this year, the total area covered by China’s artificial forests reached 69.3 million hectares, larger than the size of France, according to the State Forestry Administration.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/2162083/more...

parent fouc 7 years ago

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