China’s Reforestation Actually Causing More Harm
Thursday, September 8, 2016 - 08:01
in Earth & Climate
After years of environmental destruction, China has spent billions of dollars on the world’s largest reforestation program, converting a combined area nearly the size of New York and Pennsylvania back to forest. The government-backed effort, known as the Grain-for-Green Program, has transformed 28 million hectares (69.2 million acres) of cropland and barren scrubland back to […]