☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoChina has grown more new forest cover than any nation on Earthmedia.mas.toimagemessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up14arrow-down1imageChina has grown more new forest cover than any nation on Earthmedia.mas.to☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square48fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejupyter_rain@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoI am always happy to hear about reforestation, but has somebody understood out of which source the numbers from china are coming? I mean they are sometimes quite the enthusiasts talking about their successes
minus-squareHornyOnMain [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agothe article linked cites the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations as its source, so it’s not using china’s numbers for this
minus-squarejupyter_rain@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoOkay thanks, I guess I overlooked that :)
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoyou managed to fit so much seething and coping into a single comment
minus-squarefreagle@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoSource for your claim that they sometimes lie about their accomplishments?
minus-squarezerfuffle@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s not like forest cover is hard to verify by satellite imagery. Lying about reforestation and deforestation is hard.
minus-squarestifle867@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoThe satellite imagery shows a net loss compared to CCP figures which show a net gain. China lies more easily than it tells the truth.
minus-squarezerfuffle@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYou don’t provide sources, so here are some that directly contradict your claim: CAS: https://english.cas.cn/newsroom/mutimedia_news/202203/t20220322_302792.shtml UNESCO: http://www.unesco-hist.org/index.php?r=en/article/info&id=1714 Journal of Geophysical Research: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2022JG007101 Remote Sensing: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/13/2592 International Journal of Remote Sensing: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01431161.2021.2022804 International Journal of Digital Earth: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17538947.2023.2190625 Where are your sources?
I am always happy to hear about reforestation, but has somebody understood out of which source the numbers from china are coming? I mean they are sometimes quite the enthusiasts talking about their successes
the article linked cites the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations as its source, so it’s not using china’s numbers for this
Okay thanks, I guess I overlooked that :)
you managed to fit so much seething and coping into a single comment
Source for your claim that they sometimes lie about their accomplishments?
It’s not like forest cover is hard to verify by satellite imagery. Lying about reforestation and deforestation is hard.
The satellite imagery shows a net loss compared to CCP figures which show a net gain. China lies more easily than it tells the truth.
You don’t provide sources, so here are some that directly contradict your claim:
CAS: https://english.cas.cn/newsroom/mutimedia_news/202203/t20220322_302792.shtml
UNESCO: http://www.unesco-hist.org/index.php?r=en/article/info&id=1714
Journal of Geophysical Research: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2022JG007101
Remote Sensing: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/13/2592
International Journal of Remote Sensing: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01431161.2021.2022804
International Journal of Digital Earth: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17538947.2023.2190625
Where are your sources?