ScienceHow China turns sand green and takes its ecological playbook global

At the UN convention’s COP17, China is showcasing decades of work against desertification. Its straw-grid sand barriers, Three-North Shelterbelt program, solar-powered irrigation and drought-adapted crops have helped restore land at home and informed projects in Mauritania, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Saudi Arabia, linking ecological recovery with development and energy transition.

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