– Croplands decreased
– Forests increased
[From the University of Wageningen’s 'Historic Land Dynamics Assessment’ research wur.nl/en/Expertise-S…]
1900 on the left vs 2010 on the right
This is due to big increases outside the tropics that made up for big forest losses in the tropics.
nature.com/articles/s4158…
“A 19% increase in forest area (330,000km2) in a single decade because of expanding natural forests and afforestation, in equal measures"
nature.com/articles/s4189…
The photo Macron and Dicaprio shared was taken by a photographer who died in 2003.
The photo Madonna shared is from 1989. nytimes.com/2019/08/23/wor…
(Macron and Dicaprio’s claim that the Amazon is the source of 20% of oxygen is obviously also wrong yadvindermalhi.org/blog/does-the-…)