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China tamed a 1k-plus-year-old sand land in seven decades
- readflaggedcomm 5y agoIs a "sand land" a specific type of desert? I can't find any other similar uses of this phrase.
- NotSwift 5y agoYes, in this case it appears to be the Gobi dessert. One of the problems in China is that it is still expanding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobi_Desert#Desertification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobi_Desert#Desertification
- NotSwift 5y agoThere is a very ambitious project in Africa that attempts to do the same: https://internationaltreefoundation.org/the-great-green-wall-for-the-sahara-and-the-sahel/ https://internationaltreefoundation.org/the-great-green-wall...