Living, Green Wall Fends Off Encroaching Desert
posted June 7, 2007 - 2:37pmWhat started out as that "other" Wall of China has finally come to fruition after suffering a series of major setbacks. The Green Wall of China, as it's been dubbed, is in essence a living wall composed of trees, shrubs and grass that was built in Taipusi, in Inner Mongolia, to block off the Gobi desert and to curb sandstorms blowing over northeast Asia into the United States. Officials also hope to tie it in with their renewed environmental push for the Beijing Olympic Games, which will be held in the summer of 2008.
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