For a long time, countries around the world have made great contributions to the protection of the earth's forests, but there are also some countries that have not been protected, and they are still continuing to destroy.
What's going on here? China is greener! Why are many other countries in the world decreasing, and are they not thinking of protecting the earth's forests together? It is true that if all the countries of the earth meet the same standards and do it together, then the earth must be greener.
However, it is clear that this cannot be done. The most deforested or damaged region of the world is Brazil, which we call the Amazon rainforest.
According to the new study, that is, Brazil's deforestation may hit a new high again, how crazy and how high is it? After reading this, let's take a look at the changes in China's forest coverage. From the satellite, you can see how green the land of China is.
Deforestation in Brazil could reach a 15-year high
According to an artificial intelligence platform of a Brazilian NGO, in 2022, the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil may hit a new high, becoming a new high in 15 years, why? Take a look at the data.
The Amazon Rainforest is located in the Amazon Basin region of South America, and the rainforest is also the largest tropical rainforest in the world, accounting for half of the world's rainforest, 20% of the forest area, and spanning 8 countries in South America.
It is also the region with the largest biological population in the world. That is, such a large rainforest is also called the "lungs of the earth" by human beings, however, this rainforest occupies the largest area in Brazil, and it is also the most destructive.
According to the study, if Brazil does not take effective measures to control logging, or logging. The Brazilian portion of the world's largest rainforest is likely to lose about 15,391 square kilometers, meaning it could be a 16 percent increase over the same period, which is probably the worst since 2006, when a total of 14,286 square kilometers of rainforest were cut down. Brazil's pará state is the most deforest, with potential destruction accounting for 41% of the total threatened territory in 2022.
Therefore, the damage to the rainforest can be extremely serious. Brazil's deforestation may be triggering a dramatic shift in the world's forests. After the large-scale reduction of tropical rainforests, it may have a "chain effect", the most obvious of which may be indigenous ecosystems, and the wild flora and fauna that already live in the native area is not good news.
Therefore, Brazil's impact on the world may bring a knock-on effect, and we can only expect Brazil to "stop the horse from the cliff and turn back to the shore as soon as possible". Of course there is destruction, and there is protection.
The land of China is greener! Japan and Indonesia are not bad either
First of all, we know, why is China greener? Obviously, it is China's effect on ecosystem protection. At the beginning of the establishment of the mainland, the forest coverage rate can be said to be very low, only 8.6%, the forest area is only more than 80 million hectares, and after seeing such a state, the mainland directly increased the protection of the forest, while expanding afforestation, after more than 70 years of efforts, the continent's forest coverage rate increased by more than 1.6 times.
In the forest coverage statistics, that is, in 2021, the overall forest area released by the mainland has reached 220 million hectares, and the coverage rate has increased to 23.04%. So, it's really a surge!
The most famous may be the transformation of the desert by the mainland, of which China's Maowusu Desert will disappear into the territory of Shaanxi, the total area of this desert is 42,200 square kilometers, that is, Chinese use their own hands, step by step after generations, to completely green it.
The area has changed from a desert to a region with good precipitation, and the area of woodland, meadows and fertile fields, known as the "Desert Capital", has also become a "desert oasis".
Of course, this is what the data says. From the dynamic satellite images of the European Space Agency, we can also see that a large area of the mainland has become green, the north is mainly concentrated in the northeast region, and almost all the large fan areas in the south are green, even if it is Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other coastal areas, are very green. The southwest region is also largely green.
At the same time, many people may also notice that the desert areas of the mainland have also appeared one by one, which is also the effect of afforestation and protection on the mainland.
Therefore, the mainland is still more important to forest greening. Many people may say, compared to the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan and other countries are still far behind, is the mainland really doing a good job? It doesn't make sense for you to say that, the continent is much larger than them, can you say this can be compared? Definitely not. It can only be said that the forest greening of Japan, Indonesia and other countries is not bad.
Therefore, we must not only look at the numbers, but also start from the actual state. At the same time, under different seasons, there are differences in the satellite forest map that you may see, which is completely normal.
But on the whole, the forest coverage rate on the mainland is already good, and on a global scale, it is difficult for few countries to do such an effort as China to continue to maintain the earth's ecosystem, which is really too few.
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If we want to change the entire ecosystem of the earth, we must have all the countries of the world work together. Otherwise, while engaging in destruction and maintenance, the earth may still appear to be in a state of "growth" greening. And manually maintaining the earth's ecosystem is really several times more difficult than human destruction. Planting a tree takes many years to grow. And cutting down a tree can even be done in minutes.
Therefore, to strengthen the protection of the earth, we still need to continue to work hard. Defending the earth should not be "two-sided", this is the general situation.