Green Wall of China

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The Green Wall of China, also known as the Green Great Wall or Great Green Wall (Chinese: 绿色长城), will be a series of human-planted forest strips in the People's Republic of China, designed to hold back the Gobi Desert.^[1] It is planned to be completed around 2074,^[1] at which point it is planned to be 2,800 miles long.

Contents 1 Effects of the Gobi Desert 2 Interruptions 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Effects of the Gobi Desert

China has seen 3,600km² (1,390 miles²) of grassland overtaken every year by the Gobi Desert. This loss of farmland has caused an estimated $50 billion in losses each year for China's economy.^[2] Dust storms, which were once a rarity, are springing up all over China, and could cause even further damage to China's agriculture economy.

[edit] Interruptions

Land erosion and over-farming have halted planting in many areas of the project. China's booming pollution rate has also weakened the soil, causing it to be unusable.^[2]

Corruption and lack of funds have also halted the plan. China's economy, unstable as it is, has yet to become stable enough to fund this operation.

[edit] See also

• Macro-engineering
• Desertification

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• China's Great Green Wall
• China's forest shelter project dubbed "green Great Wall"
• Grassland ecology to curb sandstorms