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Enormous government project nearly 50 years in the making encircles desert with trees: 'The Great Green Wall'The Taklimakan, nicknamed the "Sea of Death," is China's largest desert. The work to enclose it is part of the larger ...
China has finished building a 3,046km green wall around the Taklimakan Desert. It is part of a much larger project to keep ...
Hailed as "another feat in human history", China has announced the completion of a 3,046-kilometer (1,892-mile) sand-blocking ...
Some of the people meant to benefit from the green wall have been alienated by it. Farmers grumble that they are forbidden to ...
Efforts to enclose the desert with trees began in 1978 with the launch of China's "Three-North Shelterbelt" project, ...
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3,000-km green belt: China completes 46-year campaign to encircle its largest desert with treesEfforts to enclose the desert with trees began in 1978 with the launch of China's "Three-North Shelterbelt" project, ...
The so-called "Great Green Wall" of China isn’t without its critics. According to the UK Royal Geographic Society, some scientists have called into question whether the program is truly sustainable.
Efforts to enclose the desert with trees began in 1978 with the launch of China's "Three-North Shelterbelt" project, colloquially known as the Great Green Wall. More than 30 million hectares ...
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