{"id":14325,"date":"2024-01-23T10:55:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T23:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/?p=14325"},"modified":"2024-10-21T20:20:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T10:20:03","slug":"why-beijings-revival-sparks-hopes-for-great-green-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/why-beijings-revival-sparks-hopes-for-great-green-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Beijing’s Revival Sparks New Hopes for ‘Great Green Wall’!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Beijing has been crowned China’s latest “National Forestry City”, with the city now one of the world’s “greenest” capitals after lifting forest cover from 38.6% to (at least) 44.9% over the past decade<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is, according to the Chinese government, which, according to the World Economic Forum, now has a unique opportunity to tackle deforestation and drive reforestation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Already, China has set ambitious targets – and in 2022, outlined a plan to lift forest cover to over 24% of its massive land mass by 2025 and conserve 70 billion trees by the end of <\/a>2030<\/a> to restore its ancient forests and finally build its famed “Great Green Wall.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For over 10,000 years, China has been a hotbed for deforestation, land clearing and agricultural conversion – which has had significant implications for global ecological development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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