CX Daily: Project to Beat Back the Sahara Struggles to Take Root, Even With Chinese Expertise
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A team from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography demonstrate how to fix shifting sand in Mauritania. Photo: Provided by interviewee
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In Depth: Project to beat back the Sahara struggles to take root, even with Chinese expertise
Some 11 countries launched the Great Green Wall in 2007, a vast project designed to fend off desertification and restore 100 million hectares (247.1 million acres) of land, while creating 10 million jobs and sequestering 250 million tons of carbon by 2030.
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