Largest Ecological Project In History?

The Green Great Wall plan proposes the planting 9 million acres of forest at a cost of up to $8 billion to halt desertification. Will it work?

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March 21, 2003, 7:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Desert storms from Central Asia are leaving a trail of global destruction. Now Beijing is drawing a line in the sand....The plan is known as the Green Great Wall - a 2,800-mile network of forest belts designed to stop the sands...Possibly the largest proposed ecological project in history, the new Great Wall calls for planting more than 9 million acres of forest at a cost of up to $8 billion...Can an expansive row of trees and some strategically placed grass really stave off an encroaching desert? It worked before."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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