Taklamakan Desert Archives

China has planted 66 billion trees since 1978 to hold back two deserts, plans 34 billion more by 2050, and the wall they belong to is still only two-thirds built

In November 2024, a crew on the southern rim of the Taklamakan Desert planted the final 100 meters of a tree line 46 years...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 18, 2026