Good News - Global Forest Cover Is Increasing!

Thuận Sarzynski
Sep 3, 2018 · 4 min read

In the last week’s issue of Nature — one of the most recognized scientific journal in the world — Xiao-Peng and colleagues showed that contrary to the general belief that forested areas have declined, global tree cover has increased between 1982 and 2016. Thanks to satellite imagery, the authors have evaluated that forest area have expanded about 2.24 million km2 during this period which represents an increase of 7.1%. This could be considered as a good news for biodiversity conservation and carbon sequestration. However even if the quantity of forest cover seems encouraging…

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Thuận Sarzynski

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