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China conjures up images of the Great
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Wall of China but the country isn't
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focused on building world record walls
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of brick and stone and it also knows how
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to build walls of trees to prevent
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desertification China has set a world
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record for planting 66 billion trees
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however success was not met at the
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beginning so what steps has the country
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taken to make it Successful by making
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significant investments in land
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restoration initiatives through a number
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of significant projects China has
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distinguished itself as a leader in the
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battle against desertification a
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Countrywide tree planting initiative
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called the three North shelter belt
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often known as the green Great Wall of
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China aims to restore damaged land and
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prevent the desert from encroaching on
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Northern China's productive grasslands
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and farmlands the Chinese government has
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also created a National Action Program
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to combat desertification
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by enlarging protected areas and
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returning overgrazed and marginal
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farmlands to their natural state in
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order to step up actions against
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desertification strong incentives have
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been developed to inas businesses in the
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private sector to contribute to the
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restoration of deteriorated regions
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through public private Partnerships
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China announced the build and Road joint
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action initiative in 2016 to fight
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desertification throughout the sil Silk
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Road area and it is anticipated that in
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the future cooperation between partner
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Nations and communities will increase
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although China is made significant
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progress in the fight against
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desertification the difficulties will
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only get worse as the country's
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population Rises and the environment
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becomes drier and warmer we must
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consider the lessons we can learn from
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China's experience and work to strike a
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balance between the preservation of
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finite natural resources and the demands
