China completes 3000 km green belt around its biggest desert

[Thickorita]

BEIJING, Nov 29 (Reuters) - China has finished a 46-year campaign to encircle its largest desert with trees, part of national efforts to end desertification and curb the sandstorms that plague parts of the country during the spring, state media reported on Friday.

 

A "green belt" of about 3,000 km (2,000 miles) around the Taklamakan was completed on Thursday in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, after workers planted the final 100 metres of trees on the desert's southern edge, the Communist Party-run People's Daily said.

 

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Tree planting in the arid northwest has helped bring China's total forest coverage above 25% by the end of last year, up from around 10% in 1949. Forest coverage in Xinjiang alone has risen from 1% to 5% in the last 40 years, the People's Daily said.

 

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Despite China's tree planting efforts, 26.8% of its total land is still classified as "desertified", according to official data from the forestry bureau, down slightly from 27.2% a decade ago.

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-completes-3000-km-green-belt-around-its-biggest-desert-state-media-says-2024-11-29/

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Thickorita

[Sawk]

They kinda ate that, but I wonder what the reduction of desert biomes will do for the ecosystem

[BrokenMachine]

3 minutes ago, Sawk said:

They kinda ate that, but I wonder what the reduction of desert biomes will do for the ecosystem

It kinda depends if some areas were desertified o deserts already. If the area was desertified, this is kinda reverting the proccess and being beneficial for the biome, but if the zone was always a desert, the biome will be affected

[GotMyBlueprint]

Why can't we do cool **** like this?

[Cesar]

1 hour ago, GotMyBlueprint said:

Why can't we do cool **** like this?

cause the billionaires can't make money off it