Media Coverage: Digital Ecosystem Group Featured in CCTV’s National Ecological Progress Report

On August 12, 2025, the Digital Ecosystem Group was featured in a key news report on CCTV titled “Perceiving Ecological Change,” which highlighted China’s leadership as the world’s fastest and largest contributor to global greening. The full report is available at: https://tv.cctv.com/2025/08/12/VIDEFOvO4gjETKSYyti7T0IG250812.shtml. The coverage focused on the group’s field investigation of giant tree communities in the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon, Xizang, using LiDAR technology.

The report documented the group’s high-precision monitoring of ancient giant trees, including the record-breaking 102.3-meter tree discovered in Xizang, and confirmed that it remains in healthy condition. By deploying advanced LiDAR systems that emit millions of pulses per second, the team accurately captures tree height, canopy structure, and forest health status, providing authoritative data for the protection of giant trees and old-growth forests.

This national news feature underscores the group’s core role in supporting China’s high-quality afforestation and ecological restoration efforts. It demonstrates how cutting-edge remote sensing and ecological monitoring technologies underpin the nation’s “green assets” and contribute to global climate action and biodiversity conservation.