Tree planting in Shanxi province to try to halt desertification brought on by climate change induced drought.
China is in the middle of the worst drought in 50 years Precipitation totals have fallen significantly across most of China s northern provinces 60 of China s 669 major cities face water shortages of these 110 face serious water shortages Climate change modelling shows that Northern China is going to get significantly drier leading to crop failure and desertification which is already happening in many places in northern China The Chinese are trying to combat this by planting millions of trees Sadly many of these trees die as the ground is now just too dry to support them This shot shows tree nurseries raising pine trees to plant out across Inner Mongolia
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