Ordos, China, Oct 2, 2025 (AFP) - China's 'Great Green Wall' brings hope but also hardship

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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 on traditional grazing are a key part of China's "Great Green Wall" campaign, a decades-old anti-desertification project credited with "greening" over 90 million hectares. The campaign initially aimed to contain the expansion of deserts in the arid n......

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