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China battled Gobi Desert expansion with the 1978 "Great Green Wall" tree project.
Early failures such as straw checkerboard grids to trap moisture and using native, drought-resistant species.
By 2020, 21 million acres were restored; a 2896km green belt now shields the Taklamakan. This reforestation, responsible for 1/4 of global greening, reduced sandstorms and boosted local economies, inspiring global desertification efforts.
@yogthos I started watching this because it was interesting, but it soon became clear it was an AI voice. And then the facts started looping a bit, and the images of Xi Jinping started becoming more prominent, and it became clear it was a mainly-political piece generated by an LLM.
Then I read the message from the folks who wrote the video:
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