Desert

Learn how a green wall of trees in northern China might combat the sands that are quickly overtaking once rich farmland.

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• China
• desert
• green
• trees
• environment
• sand
• farmland
• farmers
• erosion
• national geographic

[kYels1]

Sadly, this is happening around the world... people need to learn how to coexist with the land lest they lose it.

[vjvis2]

I hope you enjoy bagging my groceries then.

[hablerz]

@JaMoond Too right , if you notice desert or marginal land is prevalent in Iraq , Iran , the middle east and western China and Egypt. What do all these places have in common - they were cradles of the original agricultural civilizations. The mayan civilization was destroyed due to the population demands on the local land around the cities.  It does make you wonder if theres some lost civilization hidden in the central or western Sahara desert somewhere.

[hablerz]

Unsustainable farming methods probably contributed to the initial growth of this desert 1000s of years ago. Its going to take a lot of mulching to combat this.

[lezvarthok]

there are some interviews from the field of science at google vids, probably as well here. look for the lie about global warming. of course as ever yinformation anywhere else, watch with caution ;)

[chirp420]

explain more??

[lezvarthok]

doesnt matter for what reason attention raised, it ws time to more be aware of this huge percentage of humanity. of course medias are now trieng to pull off moods and stuff, but after all its just a good mirror.