From 1990 to 2020, China gained 447,500 sq km of planted forest but lost 219,100 sq km of natural forest; by 2020, only 9.6% remained fully intact

China's ambitious tree-planting campaigns have helped increase the country's overall forest cover over the past three decades. But a new study says the growth in planted forests tells only part of the story.

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