No... offcourse not... they will make claims and then run away with the allocated funds and lie about it.

Pretty sure fruit trees need more water

@@skizmo1905 nope, this is a party prestige project, running away with any significant amount of funds gets you executed. Plus they've already planted significant amounts of trees, its been ongoing for several years now. Actual long term effects are still unclear, china's approach to making large changes to the ecology is closer to 'mess around and find out' than the 10 years of research and assessment before doing anything approach in the west.

it is already a success lol, since the 70s, every failure is a step to success, and today their techniques have spread to all over africa.

​@@nanonano2595 bruh, they've been at it since the 1970s lol, "actual long term effects are still unclear"??? See, this is the problem with china haters, they are brainwashed to see china decades ago, never wanting to see china today. Their re-desertification project is so successful it can be seen from space.

But china has the worst pollution in the world . And uses green washing to hide the fact they are the world's largest emmiters + while other countires have been closing coal power stations china hasnt . Yes growing diverse species of plants is good but can we really trust china ?

There is one in the Sahel

If only they weren't hell-bent on destroying the atmosphere, this wouldn't be a big problem.

@@snj123451mate, their emissions of GHG per capita is way lower than the US, they aren't going to let their people die to force them to not consume anything.

There are several even older videos about this topic on UKposts, and there are projects like this in other areas around the world also. The largest other project has got to be in Sahel zone.

A similar project is going on in Africa. It´ s called "great" green wall

@@LichterLohe So... congratulations also to all people envolved in...

The one in Senegal seem to work very well. They do it in steps.

The Great Green Wall on the African continent seems to have a more sustainable method. They don't depend on external watering.@@CarpeDiem-ky1mv

@@jonasbarbosa4410 "I ask you to point out something done in any other part of the world of such magnitude" buddy you asked for it

That's a very human point of view. Not interested in ecosystems, biodiversity?

@@danguee1 deserts are not that great for bio diversity.

@@danguee1 Forests create ecosystems. Many areas in China are now populated by animal species that had been extinct there for over 50 years. Afforestation is a win for humans and a win for animals that need these ecosystems to survive.

Top down? How much do you trust that? I am suspicious until I know that they change and correct their mistakes as they go along.

@@eric2500 Yeah they explain it quite well in the videos what they have done. And show they start up high in the watershed to infiltrate water as high as possible so it runs through the soil and not over it so it doesn't cause erosion. Seems like a very solid and successful strategy.

@@eric2500 there are videos of them spray painting mountains green. It's all a front.

@@SoteksChunkyProphet-dg7io Just look up watershed management, India, Water Revolution. A lot of knowledge is available for free these days for people with a desire to help others and live in more harmony within their landscapes.

@@SoteksChunkyProphet-dg7io Relax with the insanity lol

Do plantation in your own country

Fruit trees need water.LOTS.

The answer strangely Yes. Alibaba actually subsidize one project to plant Orange, apple tree in one desert formed few hundreds years ago. the soil condition is not that bad, the project successful reversed it and now it is a national park full of trees, ponds and grassland.

​@@easylife7108 *Stop angry, share peace!* 🕊️

Like dates

you're delusional.

😂

We need more managed fires the eco system was designed to have fire . If its left for a long time it means lots of dead material stays on the ground which is fuel

应该不是一个项目，沙漠基本处在中国地势第二阶梯，遍布高原和山地，把水从四川调过去难于登天，长江下游基本都是平原丘陵，调水工程量小的多

不是，南水北调工程解决的北方生活用水，沙漠用水这个量太少了

There are literally thousands of such projects going on in China at the moment. Most of them have long ago learned not to go with monoculture.

no.. tree first, once tree planted then birds and bugs will come. tree litters will be foods for microorganism. bird will poop seed and create biodiversity. China did it right. But again, we dont know what will happen as this is not natural... if I am not mistaken sahara dessert was there to pump certain mineral to atmosphere and then send it via cloud, real cloud.. not your data cloud to Latin America Tropical Forest ( amazon, costa rica or whatever ).. I think it was phosphate from sahara to rainforest of latin america

you do understand that trees live longer than people right? and if its the first generation of trees thats at least gonna be like 50 years before they replant them with different trees

Problem is you’re talking about low biodiversity trees vs no trees. I have to assume they’re only able to plant desert-resistant trees anyway, and the proper biodiverse forests wouldn’t survive in these initially arid environments. Why not solve the problem first before introducing more biodiversity?

@@jaytang4954 Exactly, they've already made huge progress. In the beginning I can understand they just want to wind block and lock up the sand with dropped foliage as much as possible. The other thing is all these trees even if mono culture are creating a canopy to shield the saplings and other upcoming plants below them, so its multi generational. And in the desert people grow like this all the time, in the beginning they try to grow whatever will be fast and provide shade and a starter canopy, after that you can get more picky with species.

China don't have typical western mentality that I want to see result tomorrow. Just like the current generation of Chinese success was built on hard work and sacrifice of previous generation of hardworking Chinese. You can't reach the moon in one step. China has plenty other projects to reduce carbon emission and capture carbon. But stopping desertification is a already a positive step in saving existing farmland saving carbon capture.

While I kinda agree, I think the first step is plant trees that are able to survive then increase biodiversity later. Kinda like getting the desert sands to become able to support life.

is it? this doesn't seem simple at all, it seems like an extremely complex mass effort that even if the entirety of China's land was greenified wouldn't offset the carbon released by the coal power plants used to power the factories that enable the Chinese economy to preform the project. Stopping the growth of deserts is an admirable goal, but this will not stop global warming.

@@edwxx20001 Coal is not going away any time this century. The best we can do is promote sustainable green energy and the expansion/creation of forests and wetlands in areas that have been desertified or are at risk of desertification.

"Build large lakes and grow fishes." Yep. That is already being done in the deserts of Xinjiang. Additional benefits are large-scale production of seafood in the desert, and the increased employment of the local population.

It’s good everyone knows that channel !!! They actually know more species and pros/cons.

Mossy Earth is awesome! They're doing such amazing work!

You think they are planting coconut trees there lol? The majority of the trees planted there is Populus, a native tree that can survive desert

you can tell from the video quite a variety of trees planted. This project has been there for more than 10 years, the side effect should be able to observe once there is any. Mossy earth somehow mixed several projects together, and analyze it for the de-desertification. There are areas, specifically in south China, companies rent the land, Hills and planted trees harvested for paper making, and lumber as you mentioned, but for those planted in desert is not allowed to cut down for any purpose. Alibaba, and other Tech Giant actually has a micro app to allow their users to choose which tree to plant, and users can monitor the growth online.

Mistakes were made. Lessons were learned. And now more effective afforestation is being done.

Why? If you think we don't have enough trees... you should get out of your city apartment and try walking around the real America... its nice out here.

@@thebackyardbear732 not everywhere. USA even have places that would be much better with cactus thickets.

@@tyalikanky WTH, there are a tremendous amount of trees in the United States. We don't have a "Gobi" desert that is encroaching, not even in the Southwest.

@@besomewheredosomething You obviously don't have a gobi desert that is approaching, bc the gobi desert is in china as said in the videos. But yes, the deserts in the us are not really growing as of right now. The only problem is wildfires.

@@michikatsutsugikuni3098 No shit Sherlock, it’s a phrase stating we don’t have anything like the Gobi encroaching, even with the U.S. desert southwest taken into consideration. The wildfires actually help tree growth over the medium and long term.

The problem in Africa is that all of the leaders that have championed the nation-building that you speak of have been victims of US/UK assassinations, coups, and destabilization campaigns. Taking a deep dive into post WWII African history is a very, very depressing activity. Do so at your own peril.

他们从小都接受的是中国的负面信息，负面的中国是他们思维方式的一部分。当有中国正面信息出现时，他们本能的反抗和讨厌

习惯就好。这些酸民宁愿看见世界更多沙漠，都不要看到中国绿化的成功。毕竟黄种人的成功颠覆了他们多年来的优越感。事实会证明一切。

To start off, they have very limited choices for such environment.

You mean "steals" and adapts. There, fixed that for ya!