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 on Guardian.co.uk for Global Development: ‘The 21st century goldrush - African arable land grabs’
January 31, 2011
Podcast of Lester Brown on Guardian.co.uk's Global Development website, titled "The 21st century goldrush - African arable land grabs." Posted January 28, 2011.