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China has planted so many trees around the Taklamakan Desert that it's turned this 'biological void' into a carbon sink (www.livescience.com)
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[–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

I believe there's been real progress in the Sahel in western Africa. Iirc it involves more than just planting trees but full on land management like having grazing livestock graze in newly forested areas.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    The Gobi is in China (and Mongolia, it covers most of the border between them). It's actually quite possible that the documentary was about the same project as this article, though. The Taklamakan is either next to the Gobi or just the western part of the Gobi depending on who you ask

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