Independent: The dramatic demise of the worlds rainforests has caused concern for years while they have been chopped down at breakneck speed to grow crops and rear cattle yet the planet has actually become greener in the past decade, with the total amount of plant coverage soaring.
The rise in vegetation is the result of a major tree-planting campaign in China and unintentional increases in grasslands and non-tropical forests in former Soviet states, Australia and Africa, as heavy rainfall and abandoned...