Earth has more trees than it did 35 years ago - but there’s a huge catch
Johnny Wood
Writer, Formative Content
The research suggests an area covering 2.24 million square kilometers - roughly the combined land surface of Texas and Alaska, two sizeable US states - has been added to global tree cover since 1982. This equates to 7% of the Earth’s surface covered by new trees.
large tree losses in Brazil were balanced by canopy gains in Europe, Asia and North America. Russia, for example, added 790,000 square kilometers, while China added 324,000 square kilometers.
Agricultural abandonment in Europe, Asia and North America, together with tree planting programmes in places like China have also driven canopy growth.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/08/planet-earth-has-more-trees-than-it-did-35-years-ago/