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CIFOR–ICRAF addresses local challenges and opportunities while providing solutions to global problems for forests, landscapes, people and the planet.

We deliver actionable evidence and solutions to transform how land is used and how food is produced: conserving and restoring ecosystems, responding to the global climate, malnutrition, biodiversity and desertification crises. In short, improving people’s lives.

Tree cover transitions in space and time: linking forest and demographic transitions

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Chinese forest transition - 1981 is turning point; In 2010 attained to 20% of the total area of China because of programs like Natural Forest Conservation Program (NFCP) and the Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP)

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