On Thursday, Northwest China's #Xinjiang completed a 40-year effort to encircle the massive #TaklimakanDesert with green barriers, curbing the expansion of China’s largest desert.
A monumental achievement in desert control!
#china #ecology #desert #environment
A monumental achievement in desert control!
#china #ecology #desert #environment
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00:00Can you imagine a desert surrounded by greenery?
00:03In northwest China's Xinjiang region, a monumental achievement has been completed,
00:07encircling the massive Taklimakan Desert with a green barrier to curb its expansion.
00:13Covering over 337,000 square kilometers,
00:17Taklimakan is China's largest desert and the world's second largest moving desert.
00:22After more than 40 years of effort, Xinjiang completed 2,761 kilometers of green barriers this Thursday,
00:30creating a protective loop around the entire desert.
00:33What is the next step?
00:35Expanding the width of the barrier to further lock the desert in place.
00:39But the story doesn't end there.
00:41Alongside this green belt, sand terrain industries are flourishing.
00:45Crops like cistanche, used in Chinese herbal medicine,
00:49and other desert-adapted plants are bringing economic benefits to local residents.