AGC storage in China’s natural forests. (a) AGC storage in 2030; (b) AGC storage in 2060; (c) Change in AGC storage from 2030 to 2060; (d) Histograms of AGC storage and a line graph of AGC ...

China’s overall forest coverage has risen to nearly 25 percent, according to official statistics, in a demonstration of decades of afforestation and land restoration efforts. The work contributes to ...

A recent study has offered insight into the Asian giant’s afforestation drive - the process of creating new forests in areas with little vegetation.

Recent studies from two long-running planted forest experiments in China and Panama find that increasing tree diversity in reforestation efforts can boost resilience in the face of climate change, ...

A new study published in Forest Ecosystems sheds light on how carbon is stored in forest soils across eastern China, offering valuable insights into forest carbon sequestration and its role in climate ...

Plants growing at the bottom of giant sinkholes in China are so awash in nutrients, they grow faster than their surface-dwelling counterparts, all while using less of a fundamental building block, a ...

China’s planted a bunch of new trees since 1981, but that extra foliage is shifting more precipitation to some areas while drying out others.

"Forest Declaration" aims to curb deforestation and forest degradation. Paris – WWF and six NGOs and associations, together with leading Chinese forestry companies, announced the "Forest Declaration," ...

While hiking in a mountain forest of China, scientists scared a “secretive” creature out of its hiding place and rediscovered a rare species. Photo from Liu, Luo, Xiao, Peng, Zhang and Li (2025) In a ...

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