In November 2024, a crew on the southern rim of the Taklamakan Desert planted the final 100 meters of a tree line 46 years in ...

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A study of China's planted and natural forests reveals age, species mix, and CO2 sensitivity all contribute to how fast trees sprout leaves.

A new study finds that forests created through China's 66-billion-tree planting campaign are growing faster than natural forests.

China planted about 66 billion trees back in the late 1970s as part of a massive reforestation initiative. This initiative — ...

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In ancient times the shifting sands of the Taklamakan, a desert in China’s north-western Xinjiang region, swallowed up entire cities. Today they still cause trouble. On the edges of the desert, sand ...

A paper provides significant insights into China's tree population: by 2020, the average tree density in China was approximately 689 trees per hectare, bringing the total number of trees in the ...

China's Great Green Wall has planted 66 billion trees since 1978, and a 2026 study found they grow 66% faster than natural ...