China and India lead in greening of the world through land-use management.

ABSTRACT: Satellite data show increasing leaf area of vegetation due to direct (human land-use management) and indirect factors (climate change, CO₂ fertilization, nitrogen deposition, recovery from natural disturbances, etc.). Among these, climate change and CO₂ fertilization effect seem to be the dominant drivers. However, recent satellite data (2000-2017) reveal a greening pattern that is strikingly prominent in China and India, and overlapping with croplands world-wide. China alone accounts for 25% of the global net increase in leaf area with only 6.6% of global vegetated area. The greening in China is from forests (42%) and croplands (32%), but in India is mostly from croplands (82%) with minor contribution from forests (4.4%). China is engineering ambitious programs to co

SUBMITTER: Chen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6376198 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature