Reforestation policies around 2000 in southern China led to forest densification and expansion in the 2010s

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Reforestation policies around 2000 in southern China led to forest densification and expansion in the 2010s. / Tong, Xiaowei; Brandt, Martin; Yue, Yuemin; Zhang, Xiaoxin; Fensholt, Rasmus; Ciais, Philippe; Wang, Kelin; Liu, Siyu; Zhang, Wenmin; Mao, Chen; Jepsen, Martin Rudbeck.

In: Communications Earth and Environment, Vol. 4, 260, 2023.

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Tong, X, Brandt, M, Yue, Y, Zhang, X, Fensholt, R, Ciais, P, Wang, K, Liu, S, Zhang, W, Mao, C & Jepsen, MR 2023, 'Reforestation policies around 2000 in southern China led to forest densification and expansion in the 2010s', Communications Earth and Environment, vol. 4, 260. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00923-1

APA

Tong, X., Brandt, M., Yue, Y., Zhang, X., Fensholt, R., Ciais, P., Wang, K., Liu, S., Zhang, W., Mao, C., & Jepsen, M. R. (2023). Reforestation policies around 2000 in southern China led to forest densification and expansion in the 2010s. Communications Earth and Environment, 4, [260]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00923-1

Vancouver

Tong X, Brandt M, Yue Y, Zhang X, Fensholt R, Ciais P et al. Reforestation policies around 2000 in southern China led to forest densification and expansion in the 2010s. Communications Earth and Environment. 2023;4. 260. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00923-1

Author

Tong, Xiaowei ; Brandt, Martin ; Yue, Yuemin ; Zhang, Xiaoxin ; Fensholt, Rasmus ; Ciais, Philippe ; Wang, Kelin ; Liu, Siyu ; Zhang, Wenmin ; Mao, Chen ; Jepsen, Martin Rudbeck. / Reforestation policies around 2000 in southern China led to forest densification and expansion in the 2010s. In: Communications Earth and Environment. 2023 ; Vol. 4.

Bibtex

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title = "Reforestation policies around 2000 in southern China led to forest densification and expansion in the 2010s",
abstract = "Forest expansion has been observed in China over the past decades, but the typically applied coarse resolution satellite data does not reveal spatial details about China{\textquoteright}s forest transition. By using three decades of satellite observations at a 30-m spatial resolution, we reveal here the complex spatiotemporal patterns of individual forest stands forming the forest return history of southern China. We calculate forest age, forest densification rates, and annual forest fragmentation and show that the observed forest area surge around 2010 is a result of trees planted after 2000 that formed dense forests about a decade later. We document that old forests in the 1980s were mostly fragmented into scattered patches located on mountain tops, but forests rapidly expanded downhill by 729,540 km2 and alleviated the clear-cut and logging pressure from old forests. Our study provides a detailed documentation of forest densification and expansion for a country that had been largely deforested three decades ago.",
author = "Xiaowei Tong and Martin Brandt and Yuemin Yue and Xiaoxin Zhang and Rasmus Fensholt and Philippe Ciais and Kelin Wang and Siyu Liu and Wenmin Zhang and Chen Mao and Jepsen, {Martin Rudbeck}",
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T1 - Reforestation policies around 2000 in southern China led to forest densification and expansion in the 2010s

AU - Tong, Xiaowei

AU - Brandt, Martin

AU - Yue, Yuemin

AU - Zhang, Xiaoxin

AU - Fensholt, Rasmus

AU - Ciais, Philippe

AU - Wang, Kelin

AU - Liu, Siyu

AU - Zhang, Wenmin

AU - Mao, Chen

AU - Jepsen, Martin Rudbeck

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PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - Forest expansion has been observed in China over the past decades, but the typically applied coarse resolution satellite data does not reveal spatial details about China’s forest transition. By using three decades of satellite observations at a 30-m spatial resolution, we reveal here the complex spatiotemporal patterns of individual forest stands forming the forest return history of southern China. We calculate forest age, forest densification rates, and annual forest fragmentation and show that the observed forest area surge around 2010 is a result of trees planted after 2000 that formed dense forests about a decade later. We document that old forests in the 1980s were mostly fragmented into scattered patches located on mountain tops, but forests rapidly expanded downhill by 729,540 km2 and alleviated the clear-cut and logging pressure from old forests. Our study provides a detailed documentation of forest densification and expansion for a country that had been largely deforested three decades ago.

AB - Forest expansion has been observed in China over the past decades, but the typically applied coarse resolution satellite data does not reveal spatial details about China’s forest transition. By using three decades of satellite observations at a 30-m spatial resolution, we reveal here the complex spatiotemporal patterns of individual forest stands forming the forest return history of southern China. We calculate forest age, forest densification rates, and annual forest fragmentation and show that the observed forest area surge around 2010 is a result of trees planted after 2000 that formed dense forests about a decade later. We document that old forests in the 1980s were mostly fragmented into scattered patches located on mountain tops, but forests rapidly expanded downhill by 729,540 km2 and alleviated the clear-cut and logging pressure from old forests. Our study provides a detailed documentation of forest densification and expansion for a country that had been largely deforested three decades ago.

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DO - 10.1038/s43247-023-00923-1

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