Researchers have counted the number of trees in China and mapped their distribution across the country using a laser-based ...

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With nearly half of the world’s population still living in rural areas, accurate data is paramount for achieving the United ...

A new way of estimating rural populations has found that we may be undercounting people who live in these areas, potentially inflating the global population beyond the official count of 8.2 billion – ...

China is planning new measures to boost its flagging birth rate and address its growing elderly population, but one analyst warns that more action may be needed to prevent a demographic collapse.

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China's population fell for the third year in a row in 2024 and it already has more than 310 million people aged 60 and over. As the workforce shrinks, the government has increasingly looked to ...

HONG KONG – China will “actively” respond to population ageing with policies for its rapidly growing elderly and its young people, including providing childcare subsidies and making ...