Turning the Horqin Desert into the Timberland Forest

The Horqin Project is a large-scale tree planting initiative designed to reverse massive desertification. Due to its rich water and grass resources, Horqin was once called the Horqin Pasture. Overgrazing of the land led to desertification, and the Horqin Pasture gradually turned into the Horqin Desert, resulting in terrible sandstorms that sweep across China and neighboring countries.

Since 2001, Timberland employees and partners volunteered 37 million hours of their time to plant the Timberland forest. What started out as a partnership between Timberland, its NGO partner Green Net, and the local Horqin farming community, is now a collaborative effort that has been recognized by Chinese celebrities, citizens and the media.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Horqin Desert
• China
• Timberland
• Tree Planting
• Community Greening

[perkelation]

can you make vegan shoes please? (all the best)

[andreilucaci81]

What about acacia trees?

[QuantumProphet]

@valstar1000 CO2 is one of the effects, another is over-using water for agriculture, overgrazing, polution, poaching and the likes, this is known fact for environmentalists. Algore made lots of emphasis on CO2 and got a nobel prize for it, but if you want to discredit scientists read more about the issue. Cheers fella

[valstar1000]

I wonder if they even thought it through and did research before they decided to just plant pine trees all over the place

[valstar1000]

@hablerz I wouldn't say it's bullshit but climate changes almost all the time and I doubt that it's because of co2 I think that the theory some people have about it is bullshit.

[Hinduismglance]

@perkelation Shoes in India are made from animals which die naturally.It has always been done that way.

[Trapezoidal]

I bet they just want more cows for their leather boots lul

[apoletta1234]

Very inspiring. I hope they keep at it!!

[hablerz]

Climate change is BS.

[hananokuni2580]

Very inspiring piece of news *^^*