The Lush Billion-Tree Spectacle of China’s Great Green Wall

The Lush Billion-Tree Spectacle of China’s Great Green Wall

A desert doesn’t sound like the most promising place to plant a tree. Yet, since 1978, China has planted at least 66 billion of them across its arid northern territories, hoping to transform its sandy steppes and yellow dunes into a Great Green Wall. Ian Teh documented this epic undertaking while traveling through northern China …