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This article is nearly two years old. Also, I implicitly distrust any source which depicts Taiwan as part of the PRC.
The unofficial consensus between the KMT/PRC was that Taiwan and China are one country. The NED-funded DPP has been trying to break that status quo, though.
I am always happy to hear about reforestation, but has somebody understood out of which source the numbers from china are coming? I mean they are sometimes quite the enthusiasts talking about their successes
The picture shows that Vietnam has more with 56.2%....
It's in absolute area terms jfc
jfc?
Just factual content
I would be hesitant in claiming this as a win. I know that Japan has one of the highest number of trees per capita in the g7 but that was a hold over from post WW2. Where they planted a shit ton of a singular tree type. The monoculture wrecks havoc in their ecosystem. All this to say it's good that they are planting trees I'm just hoping they are doing it planning it out carefully.
A monoculture only wrecks havoc on an ecosystem if a flourishing ecosystem existed there already...
In China, trees are mostly used to block desertification.
according to (checks notes) ... "visualcapitalist". Yeah that sounds like a totally unbiased and reliable source.
What the hell is PRK doing!?
Iceland and Uruguay got those numbers tho.
Yay China. Say... isn't this the same country that turns out 68% of the world's air pollution?
What have they done about that?
Yes. And the same country that produces all the shit we order from them. So is it their pollution or ours?
Yes. It is.
It is... What?
Regardless who or why is to blame - the damage belongs to all of us.
That's true, but pointing fingers saying China has to change when changing nothing ourselves, is pure propaganda.
When did I say that?
In terms of particulates? China's really cleaned that up in recent years.
But, well, China doesn't have massive piles of natural gas it can burn instead of coal. Coal is notoriously dirty.
I wonder if this includes tree plantations. Those should not be considered forests in my view.
China even includes shrubbery in their numbers so take that as you will.
No sources given for the data used in the infographic. How surprising /s
Sure but what's the forest growth per capita?
How is that relevant? Serious question, I don’t see a link between forests and per capita that actually matters. If we were talking about economic comparisons, sure. If anything, adjusting it as “per sq mile of forestable land” would make more sense.