| 论文题目： | Forest Areas in China Are Recovering Since the 21st Century |
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| 第一作者： | Wei Xuexin, Liu Ronggao, Liu Yang, He Jiaying etc. |
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| 发表年度： | 2024 |
| 摘 要： | China is reported as the leading country in the Earth's greening. However, it is a challenge to capture the gradual recovery in forest cover and distinguish the contribution of trees from herbaceous vegetation using remote sensing data. We developed a new fractional tree cover product (GLOBMAP FTC China) from MODIS time series data to investigate change patterns of China's forests during 2000-2022. This annual product showed high consistency with China's National Forest Inventory. We found a significant increase (similar to 4 Mha/year) in the annual forest area in China from similar to 154.47 Mha in 2000 to similar to 236.01 Mha in 2015. This rate then slowed by 50% in 2015-2022 (similar to 2 Mha/year). The forest recovery primarily started in 2000-2004, and reached saturation in 2015. It was primarily contributed by the tree cover gain (92%) from forest conservation and restoration programs. Our findings can support forest management and carbon neutrality achievement for the country. |
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| 刊物名称： | GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS |
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| 论文类别： | SCI |
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