Did you know? China is planting a belt of trees to protect land from the expanding Gobi Desert. This Great Green Wall is projected to extend some 4,480 kilometers (2,800 miles), stretching from outer Beijing through Inner Mongolia (Nei Monggol). Unfortunately, recent pressures to expand food production appear to have slowed this tree planting initiative. For more information view the text and data in Chapter 8 of Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization.
Lester Brown speaking Lille, France
September 29, 2011
Lester Brown launching the French edition of World on the Edge (Basculement) in Lille, France, at l'ISTOM - Ecole supérieure d'agro-développement international conference. Lester's presentation begins around minute 8.