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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to World News@lemmygrad.mlEnglish • 2 years ago

China has grown more new forest cover than any nation on Earth

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China has grown more new forest cover than any nation on Earth

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to World News@lemmygrad.mlEnglish • 2 years ago
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https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-30-years-of-deforestation-and-forest-growth-by-country/

  • @kredditacc@lemmygrad.ml
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    10•2 years ago

    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
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      20•2 years ago

      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🇵🇸 (He/Him)
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        Also vietnam is still recovering from the war I imagine

        • @PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml
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          It’s hard to take care of the forest when there is still tons of inexploded murican ordnance in it.

    • @NikkiB@lemmygrad.ml
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      11•2 years ago

      It’s forest added, not amount of forest

    • 🏳️‍⚧️ 新星 [she/they]
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      7•2 years 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.

    • @jlyws123@lemmygrad.ml
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      You know Vietnam is a tropical country.

      • @ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
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        1•2 years ago

        Why is that relevant?

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