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NASA satellite data verify China's contribution to global greening efforts

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A new study using data from NASA satellites shows that China and India are leading the increase in greening on land and concludes that the "effect comes mostly from ambitious tree-planting programs in China and intensive agriculture in both countries."

XinhuaUpdated: February 14, 2019

A car runs on a road that divides bare desert and desert under control in the Hengshan District of Yulin City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Aug. 4, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]

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