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A Tree Grows in Beijing

June 10th, 2008 · 4 Comments

China’s afforestation effort are bearing fruit.  Recently released figures show that
The country’s forest coverage has risen to 18.21 percent of the land area, from 8.6 percent in the early 1950s, the official said at a forum on desert control and ecological civilization in Bijie of Guizhou Province in southwest China.
Nationwide forest restoration efforts have helped fuel the [...]

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