Efforts to enclose the desert with trees began in 1978 with the launch of China's "Three-North Shelterbelt" project, ...

China has created a 3,000-kilometer-long green belt of trees surrounding the Taklamakan Desert to combat sandstorms and ...

China has finished a 46-year campaign to encircle its largest desert with trees, part of national efforts to end desertification and curb the sandstorms that plague parts of the country during the ...

The Taklamakan Desert in China is now surrounded by a 1900-mile green belt to prevent sandstorms and protect local ...

China has done "exceptionally well" in tackling land degradation, drought and desertification, and its sharing of knowledge ...

The wall features 8,000 "pollinator friendly" plants ... The Mersey Forest and The University of Liverpool and is part of a scheme to create "a green corridor" in the city centre - which has ...

Launched by the African Union in 2007, the Great Green Wall (GGW) aims to combat desertification, drought and land degradation across the Sahel with a $33bn reforestation initiative. The goal: a green ...

Just completed multi-decade project in Xinjiang region is intended to help prevent desertification and boost local economies.

Together with Peter Jakob, the design team worked around ambitious sustainability goals: to mitigate the environmental impacts of the tropical climate, to responsibly manage site rainfall as far ...

The idea of greening vertical walls is a positive way forward, especially in an environment where open green areas are falling victims to the insatiable construction industry. However, the recent ...