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China presented commemorative plaque on 30th anniversary of joining UN body
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2 weeks, 1 day ago

China presented commemorative plaque on 30th anniversary of joining UN body

China Daily  

Osama lbrahim Fageeha, deputy minister for Environment of Saudi Arabia, praises China's achievements in sand control. Tang Fanglin, deputy director of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, said that the Chinese government has always attached great importance to desertification and land degradation control, implementing key ecological projects such as the Three-North Shelterbelt Program, returning farmland to forests and grasslands projects, …

China Land
China presented commemorative plaque on 30th anniversary of joining UN body
Trending News
2 weeks, 1 day ago

China presented commemorative plaque on 30th anniversary of joining UN body

China Daily  

Osama lbrahim Fageeha, deputy minister for Environment of Saudi Arabia, praises China's achievements in sand control. Tang Fanglin, deputy director of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, said that the Chinese government has always attached great importance to desertification and land degradation control, implementing key ecological projects such as the Three-North Shelterbelt Program, returning farmland to forests and grasslands projects, …

China Land
Nation's anti-desertification experience seen as inspiring
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Nation's anti-desertification experience seen as inspiring

China Daily  

Workers unload stacks of straw for use in sand-fixation to fight desertification at the edge of a desert in Minqin county, Gansu province, in November. ZHANG ZHIMIN/XINHUA Goji berries from the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, raisins and walnuts from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, and other economic crops grown in the desert have been highly welcomed by people from around …

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From Taklimakan to Sahara, China, Africa in concert to combat drought, desertification
1 year, 6 months ago

From Taklimakan to Sahara, China, Africa in concert to combat drought, desertification

China Daily  

A Chinese expert elaborates the installing process of an updated sand-fixing grid to participants attending a desertification control training workshop at a sand prevention demonstration area in Taklimakan Desert, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, June 12, 2023. Dahiru said the project is a good start in building a "green wall" in Kano and other Nigerian states bordering the Sahara …

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Security concerns, lack of support stall Africa’s Green Wall
2 years, 7 months ago

Security concerns, lack of support stall Africa’s Green Wall

Associated Press  

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — A series of complex challenges, including a lack of funding and political will as well as rising insecurity linked to extremist groups al-Qaida and the Islamic State in Burkina Faso, are obstructing progress on Africa’s Great Green Wall, according to experts involved in the initiative. Just 4 million hectares of land has been afforested since work …

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Security concerns, lack of support stall Africa's Green Wall
2 years, 7 months ago

Security concerns, lack of support stall Africa's Green Wall

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A series of complex challenges, …

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How Dubai is pushing back its encroaching deserts
2 years, 10 months ago

How Dubai is pushing back its encroaching deserts

BBC  

How Dubai is pushing back its encroaching deserts Travel Wild/ Alamy A person walks along a deserted road in the Dubai desert covered with sand dunes, towards a foggy Dubai skyscape Desertification threatens food supply in Dubai. "Trees bind the soil, sequester carbon, improve soil fertility and also improve infiltration and recharge of groundwater," says Anna Tengberg, a professor at …

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