We always say that other countries cannot simply one-to-one copy everything China does, but this is one case where it is absolutely the right move to copy China’s anti-desertification campaign. I hope that they either send people to China to observe and learn China’s techniques or ask China to send a few experts over to teach them. This is not just an environmental initiative, it has very positive long term impacts on the local economy and agriculture.

Slaps roof of country. “This bad boy can fit so many trees.”

But at what cost?