Did you know? China is planting a belt of trees to protect land from the expanding Gobi Desert. This Great Green Wall is projected to extend some 4,480 kilometers (2,800 miles), stretching from outer Beijing through Inner Mongolia (Nei Monggol). Unfortunately, recent pressures to expand food production appear to have slowed this tree planting initiative. For more information view the text and data in Chapter 8 of Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization.
“Food crisis requires policy change,” BR-Online
March 07, 2011
Lester Brown and Earth Policy Institute are quoted in Jutta Schwengsbier's broadcast on BR-online, Bavarian Radio, which highlights information on food insecurity. Article is titled "Nahrungsmittelkrise erfordert Politikwechsel." Posted February 24, 2011.