The Tamers of Sands of the Gobi Desert | SLICE EARTH

Minquin is an oasis town wedged between two Chinese deserts: Badain Jaran and Tengger. A natural barrier between the two, which must be preserved at all costs.
Today, this boundary is disappearing and the sand is rushing into a breach: the Mouth of the Tiger. If the immense masses of sand from these two deserts were to merge, the flow of sand falling on Beijing would increase significantly, and the city would pay dearly.
An army of farmers is waging a war against the sand in an attempt to put the brakes on the desert.
Documentary: Planet Sand - Episode 5: China, At War Against Deserts
Direction: Thierry Berrod
Production: ARTE France & MONA LISA PRODUCTION
#documentary #freedocumentary #ecology #earth #environment #sustainability #climatechange #science #china #desertification #minquin
#oasis #desert #sand #trees #plantsvssand #plants #reforestation

[@Jin88866]

If the footage is from 2014, which is 10 years ago, I wonder how it looks today. You should make a follow up video about it in 2024, it'd be very interesting.

[@jimsonjohnson3761]

Probably like shit. Like most projects in china

[@critterjon4061]

Based on the lumber that is being exported by China from areas restored during the green wall project not very well. Most of the trees seem to have a higher rate of insect and disease infestation compared to trees produce in other areas . They also have shown higher signs of stresses related to lack of adequate water and nutrients

[@thirsupitishanti9107]

Thanks,from thailand

[@robrob6719]

​@@critterjon4061 insects and diseases in desert 😂 hel no

[@thomson5254]

They planted all the sane type and 80% died but they are rectifying it with diversity

[@raideepu4]

I have checked out recent videos of these deserts and they are now green and luscious. China is doing an amzing job.

[@rezzer7918]

I doubt it

[@holdinmuhl4959]

@@rezzer7918 , I don't.

[@CommonSenses101]

​@@rezzer7918bc you are still living in a basement room. Know nothing about the outside world.

[@alm_alb]

Link please 🥺

[@fankakong8279]

@@alm_alb kzbin.info/www/bejne/mICVea1ppL1omposi=ECAz2EVNtQZA2hjb

[@feiwang6338]

According to the latest statistics, China has made significant progress in desert afforestation and management over the past few years. Specifically, till 2023, China completed afforestation covering approximately 2.424 million acres, improved grassland through planting grass on about 2.653 million acres, and successfully treated desertified and rocky desertification land covering approximately 1.156 million acres.

[@SLICE_Earth]

Thanks for the stats and figures! do you have the source, so that we can share it with people that would want more informations 😊

[@fbl1056]

@@SLICE_Earth www.forestry.gov.cn/c/www/gtlhbg/550046.jhtml

[@user-do6ev1zg4h]

We have a beautiful planet , so nice to see people looking after it instead of destroying it ❤

[@steevek]

Chinese is the only race fight against the desert restlessly and with some level of sustainable success. Thanks to those involved this great and meaningful job

[@amohzuhfanyi4304]

But busy destroying water bodies in Africa

[@wanhunkow]

Any proofs

[@amohzuhfanyi4304]

​@@wanhunkow are you aware that illegal mining activities are ongoing in Africa? Do you know those involve in such activities? The are the Chinese.

[@SLICE_Earth]

Well it seems to be quite the assumption to say they are the only ones.. you can find examples from other nationalities on videos from this very channel, for both cases

[@b_uppy]

The Chinese are failing miserably. Corruption is rampant, and prohjects fail long before they are even completed. Many projects are based on "the look of things" rather than a deep understanding of reclamation/restoration. Bribes and communist ideology over common sense also hampers success. The Loess Plateau has been the only long term success, and the current leader messed that too...

[@rial2997]

chinese people are so hard working ❤ love form Bangladesh 🇨🇳❤️🇧🇩

[@ShoaibAli-nt7gu]

"China is a sleeping giant, when she wakes she will shake the world" Napolean

[@azharidris7092]

what do mean when she's awake.. China already woken up several decades ago.. how patronising..

[@HugoBrown]

It amazes me how we can't enjoy video's like this without someone in comments relating it back to politics, without any kind of source or just outright jealous that this country is doing something about a environmental problem. Let us celebrate these achievements of building greenwalls / reforestation wherever it's happening , because in the end it will benefit the local people and YOU in broader sense as citizen of this planet we all live on.

[@SLICE_Earth]

This is the best comment have read today, thank you 🙏

[@rezzer7918]

Ahh... yoo sho do tark arot

[@HugoBrown]

@@thebrowns5337 thank you and totally agree with you on all of your comment

[@erichbiswanger4265]

Bei uns in Doofland macht die Ampel gerade grüne Energie… und zerstört durch Abholzung 1000…. sende Hektar Wald … Super das es solche Projekte gibt.. Danke an die Arbeiter und an China

[@EternallyGod]

They are lies....problem is you believe them cause you are a simple person with no common sense.

[@ptiz6231]

For those who wonder or doubt. MuUs Desert: 39° 38′ 0″ N, 109° 0′ 0″ E Kubuqi Desert: 40° 32' 0 "N, 108° 06 '0" E Google Earth isn't controlled by CCP.

[@lenziany]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@animallover19581]

Their ancestors built the Great wall. Impossible is a word they dont understand .👍👏👍👏

[@user-rb4lt4nv1e]

Great battle, win for everyone .❤ Don't make war with people , let make war with hard side of natural.

[@jogana6909]

Well done China

[@magnaviator]

Wonderful episode, would have loved to see more!

[@SLICE_Earth]

Thank you!

[@user-fl9gz2xr1j]

Китайцы молодцы трудолюбивый народ

[@Orwellian-Purple-Grapes-1984]

Beautiful work and a great video showcases all the hard work and splendid results of the Chinese people. What's disturbing is that all the replies underneath the comments have suddenly disappeared from this video, what's up with that censorship, KZbin?

[@user-me4jg1ii8f]

Вот как они китайцы самый умные, красивые дома деревне независимо от бедности построили одинаковые дома. Сейчас пошли на пустыни чтобы людям конфорт было и чистый востух. А у нас россии нет красивых дома деревне только одни развалины. Как китайцы быстро развивает везде во всех сверах. Говорят китайцы угнетает уйгуров, а дома уйгуров очень красивые . Приежайте россии посмотрите как россияны живут , обсолютно партак .

[@liweieva]

Russia will be better and better.

[@shabudinjaver4672]

Good work people of China show the way forward for the rest of the world of big talking environmentlists especially the UN .

[@user-du3gu2nm4q]

事实上，green wall远比视频里描述的宏大。从1978年开始，3个阶段8期工程，直到2050年结束。同时还结合南水北调西线工程。实际工程规模超乎你的想象。

[@hansu-nihon]

What a fantastic project! I really like this.😊❤👍

[@gerardoberdin6036]

That's admirable worthy to be emulated.

[@Ali-wm1fm]

Wow amazing people

[@NoahHagen]

that poplar plantation could easily be used more efficiently, the poplar while fast growing and quick dying, will provide unseen nutrients to the soils for the correct trees to grow in. planting them at the same time could easily help each other grow and live longer by simply using the poplar as a food source.

[@abhiramsamantray280]

Superb🎉🎉keep it up

[@SLICE_Earth]

Thank you so much 🙏

[@neetakhurma1907]

Amazing

[@user-sd8rv7me9i]

Great job....work and work great people.....

[@deepeshkouravarmylover7]

क्या कोई भारतीय दर्शक है 🇮🇳❤️

[@stylishfact7527]

Haa

[@adolft_official]

yes many vicious pajjeets

[@yves-noel-mariegonnet1043]

Très intéressant & prometteur : un grand Merci!

[@SLICE_Earth]

Merci beaucoup à vous !

[@knowledgejoy3554]

good work

[@code33startup]

This is amazing ❤

[@dksir-tamku]

Amazing !

[@wanghaley417]

Wow so amazing

[@guorenzhong2922]

amazing

[@mdsalmankhan425]

@slice Please make a detailed full episode if possible. So interesting.

[@SLICE_Earth]

Noted! ;)

[@AliKhan-pk9up]

Excellent video

[@SLICE_Earth]

Thanks for watching!

[@cliveocnacuwenga4615]

JUST BEAUTIFUL. MORE LAND SPACE FOR A GROWING POPULATION.

[@ringostar4904]

Well done China, incredible. Hope this motivates other countries, especially in Africa, to do something similar.

[@luisanthonychau]

China shares its experience with African countries and funds their effort to reforestation. Ethiopia follows China's model used at Loess Plateau and is quite successful.

[@4kflyhigh976]

This is unbeleivable..

[@shafiqsps7768]

Wow 😮 good work 👌from Pakistan 🇵🇰 ❤ 🇨🇳

[@thegiggler2]

Glad they came up with something other than using shovels to implant straw by hand. I know they have a lot of cheap labor, but all that should be mechanized with planters such as how farmers plant agricultural fields.

[@alokabanerjee1701]

They do it out of love for their country, they are very patriotic!

[@user-ss9nk1qu4q]

在沙漠使用机械😢你认真的吗？沙子会毁掉一切

[@nyaluogowalter136]

Wish it was longer

[@rasto-rasto]

Wow.. looks amazing. North Africa should do the same near Sahara.

[@hashyt8382]

सुपर 👌👍🙏

[@samle5693]

Chinese people are hard work and smart 👍🏻

[@SP-ro9nm]

Chinese strategies against Arabic Culture and Arabic Desert is indeed appreciable ❤

[@soowo5942]

A simple solution for Arabic countries: building solar farms in the desert.

[@ed9763]

@@soowo5942 it is not that simple . the surfaces of the glass panels soon get scratched and dimmed by desert sand storms and you need ample water source to wash the panels from sand accumulation frequently.

[@soowo5942]

@@ed9763 exactly! The water will wet the land under the panels regularly, perfect for grass or bushes to grow. There's good examples in China, That's Why i suggested that.

[@TsLeng]

CIA bots never sleep judging by the replies

[@NA-di1oe]

Very good job congratulations to Chinese engineers.

[@Bobby-dh9qh]

It's going to be interesting to see what self seeds itself as these forests create a little top soil and hold water in the ground better from shade creation.

[@nirazincopenhagen]

Can soil not be mixed to sand ?

[@carolinejayes157]

Keep it up people your doing a great job.!

[@SolidGoldShows]

The poplar trees didn't survive? How many inches of rain do you get annually? I'm curious because I am growing this tree in my high desert farm.

[@feitian5797]

白杨树活下来了、、单一种植白杨树容易发生病虫害、、

[@duinay3]

China is amazing with nature

[@michelwong1]

👍👍

[@user-eu4zy6rm3l]

great timing guys. All that extra AND FREE co2 will certainly help these plants grow faster.

[@sabinelenne599]

❤❤❤❤

[@Brian-uy2tj]

This is what mankind really ought to be focused on, making our planet green, healthy and bountiful. Imagine if the world were not dominated by greedy sociopaths having wars to steal "this natural resource" from "that group" and instead put their efforts into cooperation and projects like these. I know, I know, how silly. More like how sad that isn't how it is.

[@zipzikin7084]

Waw

[@Lolslos90]

Where do they get water from.???

[@wowethan6079]

这些green wall几乎是靠近城镇的，水可以通过水车从附近的绿洲运进来，这项工作目的是阻止沙漠扩大，并不是改变沙漠，毕竟那也是不切实际的，70年间绝大多数被改造过的沙漠都已经变成了green，这不是短时间工作，从1950s就已经开始的工作，只不过经济发展加速了这个建设规模

[@mariebelleescritora3829]

Son increíbles... tecnologías... CHINOS.

[@LearningZoneLanguages]

I take my hat off to these people.🎩They are doing an amazing job👏🏼 I have an idea so that the sand is not blown into the city by wind. Cardboard paper should be placed in the sand, fixed with stones at the corners.

[@AhCrutch]

Chinese use squared grass grid to fix the sand.

[@inanyuksel1587]

Süper

[@user-kl2lf5jx3t]

Necesitan maquinaria hacer eso

[@GaddarKerim1]

You should try cactuses.

[@xifeng9037]

仙人掌对固沙没什么用，根本没有改善沙漠的能力。

[@zb7293]

Parhaps to add bit off land, compost, to create better conditions ..and mix trees definitly, more then two tipes. . Look at forest, has iregular patern, and more then one tipe of trees. Add bushes to...more diverse in forest will help...make your people do compost and add to the land...

[@QwQ-vd4sv]

The desert area is too large cost is too high, and organic fertilizer has to be coupled with mechanical deep pine plowing. We are currently in the Loess Plateau arable land to promote years of organic fertilizer to replace chemical fertilizers. The effect is good.

[@user-lg4hd4qq6q]

Είστε αρχαίος πολιτισμος σας λέει κάτι

[@user-kl2lf5jx3t]

Ahí si deberían sembrar nubes

[@zafarmahmood5589]

Tell me which trees are being planted Trees name

[@user-yj3iu1om9u]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haloxylon_ammodendron

[@anthonywilliams-vx4cm]

You can spray Oil mixed in Water to prevent the Desert Sand from moving. Spray 80 percent water mixed with 20 percent Oil and spray this on the surface of the Desert Sand to prevent the Sand from moving.

[@dilankamadhushan1785]

These are the projects thats we want to improve 🌵🌱🐞 more and more but sad realltiy we wasting lots of money for wars...😢

[@WIDUKINDvonCOELLN]

🇩🇪 Sehr interessant und gleichzeitig merkwürdig, dass hier keine typischen Wüstenpflanzen wie zum Beispiel Kakteen, Palmen oder Agaven etc. gepflanzt werden!? 🇬🇧 Very interesting and strange at the same time that no typical desert plants such as cacti, palm trees or agaves etc. are planted here!?

[@SLICE_Earth]

I am really not educated on the question but aren't cacti, palm trees or agaves endemic species of America?

[@user-ss9nk1qu4q]

您说的那些植物…实际上太需要水了 中国有“胡杨树”，真正的沙漠卫士

[@WIDUKINDvonCOELLN]

@@user-ss9nk1qu4q 🇩🇪 Danke, für diese Information. Und was ist, wenn sich eine grüne Landschaft entwickelt beziehungsweise etabliert hat, wären dann diese wasserintensiven Pflanzen eine Option, weil es ja dann auch mehr Niederschläge gibt? Oder wäre vielleicht ein groß angelegtes Kanalprojekt eine Option? Auf jeden Fall wünsche ich allen daran Beteiligten viel Erfolg und alles Gute für die Zukunft. 🇬🇧 Thanks for this information. And what if a green landscape has developed or been established, would these water-intensive plants be an option because then there would be more precipitation? Or perhaps a large-scale canal project would be an option? In any case, I wish everyone involved much success and all the best for the future. 🇨🇳 感谢您提供此信息。如果绿色景观已经开发或建立，这些耗水量大的植物是否会成为一种选择，因为这样就会有更多的降水？或者也许一个大型运河项目是一个选择？无论如何，我祝愿每个人都取得成功，未来一切顺利

[@NeerajKumar-dk1tk]

Amazing work by people

[@MarioSiviero]

Bom para todos nós no planeta Terra Mario siviero rio de janeiro Brasil.

[@pagan-540]

China Gobi green village desert

[@magic-yp9tm]

有些人说浪费水资源，其实中国只在一些水文条件好的地区恢复那些以前是树林的沙漠，这个叫治理沙漠。 水文条件不好的，就只能防沙固沙，做草井（沙漠因为温差大，有了这个早上会有水凝聚） 我们这么做就是为了自己生存环境能好一点，并不是说什么面子工程，当然说好听了也是为了人类的未来 小时候我们时常刮沙尘暴，现在基本没了

[@tatsdgreat8886]

Why these channels keep on showing these decade old videos??? Why cant they show a recent video of these projects so we have an idea wether these actions really worked

[@rap3208]

try to google "nasa photos of greening china deserts".

[@shermich90]

But all the same species of plant, shouldn't they plant a few different varieties to make it more resilient?

[@b_uppy]

Yes. They are having great tree losses where they planted monocultures of trees by the road. The lack of plant diversity is is harming soil life. Zero animals go into these places and that harms it further.

[@DBT1007]

In the first place, there are only few trees that can survive the desert condition 😅. So these plants are the most resistant ones. 8:49 you can hear the different species of trees. It's not monoculture. Also, these regions probably originally desert for thousanss of years. So, no native plants. Edit: and also, everything has process. They just planting big trees. The shrubs will come later naturally. And othee plants too. It's all natural. And with steps They plant big trees first to give shades to the ground so the other plants can grow.

[@b_uppy]

@DBT1007 They were planted for their use once cut, rather than "best tree for the site." Additionally these are a monoculture, and these trees are already dying out due to disease. If they had planted pioneer species, such as Prosopis, (mesquite) these trees might have acted as a nursery to other plants and animals, but it failed. Zero additional plant or animal life has come in. To come in far at all, they risk death.

[@luisanthonychau]

As the video pointed out, they failed at biodiversity and suffered the consequences. They added more variety later.

[@b_uppy]

@@luisanthonychau Really? WHERE?

[@user-ke8wv9lo6w]

China really have the determination in solving it's problem

[@cliveocnacuwenga4615]

BEAUTIFUL. NO BLASTED utility poles

[@kakinband8640]

The sand can use for mixing in cement in making house hahaha

[@thuptendlama6091]

You have to try cloud seeding in desert lol😂

[@ed9763]

Where there is water there is life. The simple secret is provide sufficient water and you are there.

[@user-ir4iu7wd2y]

The yellow sand is getting worse every year. Are these projects progressing?

[@user-bu7iq7zg8d]

All please plant trees

[@flemishbear9658]

They should leave the dead trees as a food source for the new trees.

[@muktinathchapagain3587]

👌👌👌👌👌🇳🇵🙏

[@Most_like_of_god]

ความตั้งใจดี!!! แต่ถ้าถามฉันสิ่งที่จะได้คือ กรีนเฮาส์โซลาเซลล์และสนามโซลาร์เซลล์ผสมป่าผลไม้….สไตล์ฉันมันก็แบบนี้แหละ!!! 🤭🤭🤭 ^ ^

[@larskumpfert6890]

I commend these efforts, but it has to be said that a lot of these lands were luscious green forests once and then were taken out by Mao to fire his industry with disastrous ecological consequences.

[@rakeshbhaipatel5638]

Plastic net is useful. ...to....save the moisture content ,,,

[@Ahoooooooo]

There should be a gofundme for these type of things . Instead we have people funding crazy things .

[@NOREDIN666]

Waa Meel uu SAQAJAAN walba uu Mashruuc. Ku Qaatay UMMADAN .

[@user-ud1te2ys4n]

植林活動には、トラクターとショベルカーを導入するべきだと感じます‼️

[@luisanthonychau]

They would sink.

[@powerstill3883]

Somewhere robots are planting now

[@rogerbrandt6678]

They shouput compost there also, look what orange peels did in the rain Forrest.

[@rezzer7918]

Ahh rotsa ruck k? Hokay!

[@andreasschubert4717]

❤Hoffentlich zeigt man das Herrn Scholz. Da lohnt sich deutsche Beteiligung.

[@user-ss6zt7ht3x]

Plant good Arabia dates to.

[@marcialevein3372]

China is not the aggressor China is the future and neighbours to good neighbour's ❤❤❤🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇨🇳🇨🇳

[@Dihorse371]

NASA report: China is leading the world in Greening of Earth global warming (Feb 12, 2019)

[@Buildingenjoyment]

Why not plant fifty species instead of two?

[@b_uppy]

Would love to see some of the projects Mark Shepard has done. THEY could teach the Chinese how to interplant, instead of doing side-by-side monocrops, as well as capturing the water that does fall.

[@user-wp5yy1bf9y]

即使是在中国，他们也是伟大的人，谈到他们，也会让人肃然起敬❤

[@vanquynguyen8298]

Tiền , nhân lực và ý chí con người...thì chắc chắn Trung Quốc có , nhưng nước ( H2O ) thì...tính sao ?