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Forestry in China

@ForestryChina

This account will share English language news and information about forests, forestry, and forest products in China

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Payments to rural communities offer a new opportunity to restore China's native forests fb.me/1gd75fRUC

Payments to rural communities offer a new opportunity to restore China's native forests

Despite massive efforts at reforestation, China's native forests continue to be displaced by plantations. A new study argues that rural communities could help reverse this trend if they were given...

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Study Disputes Success of China’s $100 Billion Forest Effort fb.me/17VhbYGDN
Trees or Shrubs? Study Disputes Success of China’s $100 Billion Forest Effort (Published 2017)

Trees or Shrubs? Study Disputes Success of China’s $100 Billion Forest Effort (Published 2017)

A new study suggests that some official estimates of a nationwide campaign to plant new forests overstated its successes, and mistook shrubs for forests.

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China’s reforestation program a letdown for wildlife, study finds fb.me/82sECh8T7
China’s reforestation program a letdown for wildlife, study finds

China’s reforestation program a letdown for wildlife, study finds

The world’s largest reforestation scheme may offer only marginal benefits for — or diminish — biodiversity, a study released earlier this month in Nature Communications revealed. A team of internat...

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China's forest recovery shows hope for mitigating global climate change fb.me/4yhq9O5KG

China's forest recovery shows hope for mitigating global climate change

China's sweeping program to restore forests across the country is working. The vast destruction of China's forests, leveled after decades of logging, floods and conversion to farmland, has become a...

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China's protection of giant pandas good for other species too fb.me/4S4VsyQ4c
To sustain its forests, Asia needs to invest in local people: experts fb.me/3DCS1DivT
Good luck and the Chinese reverse global forest loss fb.me/7j2Mc82zx
Deforestation threatens species richness in China's streams fb.me/2Fm2u4Ml9

Deforestation threatens species richness in streams

With a population of 1.3 billion, China is under immense pressure to convert suitable areas into arable land in order to ensure a continued food supply for its people. Accordingly, China is among the...

sciencedaily.com
Softwood Lumber Prices Fall in U.S., Rise in China fb.me/3SOoWVKdT
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U.S./China Announcement on Climate Change Cooperation: Implications for the Forest Industry fb.me/1sSPRkUep
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China's old-growth forests vanishing despite government policies fb.me/6P8uURL0x
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A new approach to boosting forests in China fb.me/6RjWMUbyS
Study measures steep coastal costs of China's GDP growth fb.me/1xc3xsOKY
After widespread deforestation, China bans commercial logging in northern forests fb.me/6B2gCP1c5
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U.S. plywood industry hit hard by China fb.me/3RW9bTASG
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Telecoupling science shows China's forest sustainability packs global impact fb.me/15Nj2Gemm

Telecoupling science shows China's forest sustainability packs global impact

As China increases its forests, a sustainability scholar proposes a new way to answer the question: if a tree doesn't fall in China, can you hear it elsewhere in the world?

sciencedaily.com
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China is poorly prepared to tackle the impact of climate change fb.me/6tIL4gCR2
China starts trading lumber futures fb.me/3jWfJoZfa
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The red turpentine beetle has wiped out more than 10 million pine trees in China in the past 15 years fb.me/VdmPCLyB
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