China just turned its biggest desert into a giant forest - New York Times Post

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China just turned its biggest desert into a giant forest - New York Times Post

China’s largest desert is now encircled by thousands of trees.   The forest currently stretches over about 2,000 miles around the Taklamakan  desert in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang.  It is estimated that over 74 million acres of trees have been planted since the start of the project which has as its goal to stop desertification due to the rapid expansion of deserts and prevent devastating sandstorms.  The project has also been called …