China's 53% of desertified land is under control

China achieves the world's first "zero growth" in land degradation and a "dual reduction" in desertified and sandified land, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration announced at a news conference on Monday. Fifty-three percent of China's treatable desertified land has been managed, achieving the world's first "zero growth" in land degradation and a "dual reduction" in desertified and sand-covered land, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration announced on Monday. This year marks the first anniversary of the Three-North Shelterbelt Project's critical phase and the 30th anniversary of China's signing of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. The National Forestry and Grassland Administration will actively carry out desertification control work centered on the Three-North Shelterbelt Project, earnestly fulfill the UNCCD, and strive to create new miracles in desertification control in the new era, contributing China's strength to global desertification management," Huang said.