# How China turns sand green and takes its ecological playbook global

https://mins.news/en/item/27964

- CGTN, 2026-08-20 09:47 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-08-20/How-China-turns-sand-green-taking-its-ecological-playbook-global-1PLnFvKF02c/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=World

> 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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