Sunday marks China’s annual Tree Planting Day, a time when people across the country are encouraged to put aside work at hand for a while and take shovels and buckets to add some green to their surroundings. / VCG Photo
As of 2016, China’s forest coverage stood at 21.66 percent, behind the world average level of 31 percent, according to the country’s Minister of Agriculture Han Changfu. / VCG Photo
Follow CGTN on a tour around the globe for a glimpse of bewitching forest landscapes and see how forests could help add appeal to our environment. / VCG Photo
Backlit trees in Bialowieza Forest National Park, Poland. / VCG Photo
Visitors walk through the World Heritage listed rain forest in Mossman Gorge, Australia. / VCG Photo
Bialowieza Forest National Park, Poland. / VCG Photo
A trail cutting through the bamboo forest in Kyoto, Japan. / VCG Photo
The Amazon Rain Forest in South America. / VCG Photo
Foggy morning in the Great Bear Rain Forest in British Columbia, Canada. / VCG Photo
Spectacular wide view of the 82-foot-high Juruena waterfall in Amazon Rain Forest, Brazil. / VCG Photo