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China turns sand into fertile soil: the cyanobacteria experiment challenging desertification
For centuries, the desert was synonymous with loss: it advanced over towns, ruined crops, and turned entire regions into uninhabitable zones. Human responses—walls, trees,...
Wild donkeys in Australia and a paradigm shift: from pest to ecological allies against desertification
Durante décadas, Australia invested millions in extermination campaigns of wild donkeys, considered pests that damaged fences, water troughs, and crops. They were even hunted...
Soil restoration with cyanobacteria blocks: The innovative “eco-skin” that halts desertification in a year
Chinese scientists are working on soil restoration and developing biotechnological plates capable of stabilizing arid lands and generating biological crusts in record time.
The advance...
China’s Green Problem: Planted 78 Billion Trees to Save the Soil, but Now They Cause Droughts
Through an extensive reforestation plan, China managed to halt the advance of soil desertification by planting billions of trees.
Since 1981, 78 billion trees have...
The Great Green Wall of China: achievements, controversies, and challenges of a reforestation megaproject
The "Great Green Wall" of China campaign is one of the most ambitious reforestation projects on the planet.
Initiated in the 1970s, it has managed...
