For half a century, workers in northern China have been using a technique called "straw checkerboards" to combat ...

China planted about 66 billion trees back in the late 1970s as part of a massive reforestation initiative. This initiative — ...

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Inner Mongolian herder Dorj looked bitterly at the vast grasslands where his flock once grazed freely, before the practice was banned as part of a massive Chinese state greening project. Restrictions ...

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In the rural village of Téssékéré, the increasing number and intensity of droughts linked to climate change is making the lives and livelihoods of the local Fulani communities increasingly vulnerable.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Nearly half a century ago, China had an audacious ...

In an arid valley near the village of Kourtimale in southern Djibouti, a tattered chain link fence marks the boundaries of what was once Abdi Guelleh's farm. Within it, there's not a speck of greenery ...

Journalists have been urged to interrogate the Great Green Wall and other initiatives aimed at addressing desert encroachment in northern Nigeria. The challenge was made at a virtual Expert Training ...