Egypt tackles desertification with innovative land restoration efforts

Good news!

African Union Launched Ambitious Plan Of 7,700km Wall In 2007, China Steps Into Africa's Plan

Mind boggling!

China is slowly greening its deserts by building a 3,000 km green belt around the desert

Good news!

Extra CO2 in the atmosphere certainly helps! Therefore, China is also building hundreds of coal fired power plants! Caution: satire!

"China’s arid northwest is becoming slightly less so. Late last month, workers completed a 2,000-mile ring of trees around China’s Taklamakan Desert, the latest milestone in a 46-year effort to control desertification. The initiative appears to be making incremental progress: Reuters reports that 26.8 percent of China’s land is currently desert, down from 27.2 percent ten years ago."

Weekly Progress Roundup - by Malcolm Cochran - Doomslayer

China completes 3,000-km green belt around its biggest desert, state media says