China's largest desert encircled by 40-year green barrier project

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On Thursday, Northwest China's #Xinjiang completed a 40-year effort to encircle the massive #TaklimakanDesert with green barriers, curbing the expansion of China’s largest desert.   A monumental achievement in desert control!  #china #ecology #desert #environment

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00:00Can you imagine a desert surrounded by greenery?

00:03In northwest China's Xinjiang region, a monumental achievement has been completed,

00:07encircling the massive Taklimakan Desert with a green barrier to curb its expansion.

00:13Covering over 337,000 square kilometers,

00:17Taklimakan is China's largest desert and the world's second largest moving desert.

00:22After more than 40 years of effort, Xinjiang completed 2,761 kilometers of green barriers this Thursday,

00:30creating a protective loop around the entire desert.

00:33What is the next step?

00:35Expanding the width of the barrier to further lock the desert in place.

00:39But the story doesn't end there.

00:41Alongside this green belt, sand terrain industries are flourishing.

00:45Crops like cistanche, used in Chinese herbal medicine,

00:49and other desert-adapted plants are bringing economic benefits to local residents.

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