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China has grown more new forest cover than any nation on Earth (media.mas.to)
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https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-30-years-of-deforestation-and-forest-growth-by-country/

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[–] kredditacc@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Can someone explains this map to me? The text says China leads, but the numbers say Vietnam is at 56.2%, greater than China's 40%.

[–] comfortablydumb@lemmy.ml 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I mean, it's pretty obvious.. China is huge, Vietnam is tiny compared to it. The reforested area is, therefore, much larger in China.

[–] ImOnADiet@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Also vietnam is still recovering from the war I imagine

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's hard to take care of the forest when there is still tons of inexploded murican ordnance in it.

[–] EuthanatosMurderhobo@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That and the forests got fucked up by free and democratic chemical warfare. Badly.

[–] 201dberg@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 10 months ago

"Free and democratic chemical warfare"

That's good. I'm stealing that.

[–] Franfran2424@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

the forests are well recovered from the war. it was 50 years ago, and the monsoons really make growth relatively easy.

[–] ImOnADiet@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 10 months ago

I stand corrected then.

[–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 10 months ago

The map is the forest area in 2020, relative to existing forest area in 1990 (no change would be 0%).

So, if you count by absolute area, China leads, and if you count by relative area, Uruguay leads.

[–] NikkiB@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 10 months ago

It's forest added, not amount of forest

[–] Franfran2424@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 10 months ago

leads the increase

[–] jlyws123@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You know Vietnam is a tropical country.

[–] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why is that relevant?

[–] Franfran2424@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 10 months ago

much easier growth of tree coverage...