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 Stories About: China AND rivers and watersheds AND wilderness
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Barking Up the Right Tree
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15 May 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Barking Up the Right Tree Apparently spooked by a recent history of devastating floods and blinding sandstorms, China has unveiled a plan to plant trees on almost 200,000 square miles of land in an effort to reverse rampant deforestation. The plan, which Chinese officials call the largest conservation effort ever attempted, will cost an estimated $12 billion over 10 years and restore trees to an area larger than Ge ... |
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| Topics: China, rivers and watersheds, wilderness (all these topics) |
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